Friday Open Threads Are Back, Come On In & Say Hi
You said you missed the Friday Open Threads, so we’re bringing them back!
Into the A+ Advice Box #12: Bisexual Marriage Blues, Sexting as a Bottom, and More!
Why does gay male sex turn you on if you’re a lesbian and is it okay? Plus, conflicting ideas about isolating & dating during quarantine, cheering up your partner over long distance, parents and mental health and Covid-19, SO MANY mixed signals from your ex wife who’s in another relationship and…should you fuck your boss?!?!?! Things are a mess out there, but at least we have each other and 26 questions from readers like you!
Autostraddle Is Hosting Our Second Virtual Community Care Week On Instagram & You’re Invited!
Shelter In Our Place 2 launches on Monday and we can’t wait to see you there.
Season 2 of “Dead to Me” Is Flirting With You Via Natalie Morales
Natalie Morales swaggers into Season 2 of Dead to Me to queer things up for the better.
The Comment Awards Are Reading For Batwoman
“Wearing pants? In this economy?”
Coming Together, Staying Apart: What Taking Care and Taking Action Look Like on HIV/AIDS and COVID-19
Talking to survivors and caretakers of the HIV/AIDS epidemic about what we can learn from the past about our present.
S L I C K: Constellations #3 Bennett & Reina Turn Concrete to Sand
Bennett could barely feel the flogger’s tails on their back. It was all muffled, hitting the energetic wall that felt like concrete, not actually feeling it make contact with their skin. By the time Reina fell into a pattern, Bennett was starting to soften. The dense thud was working the concrete into clay, clay into sand, and Bennett was starting to feel again.
“Motherland: Fort Salem” Centers Women And Its Queer Relationship In Its Powerful First Season
Motherland casually and seamlessly put queer women at the center of its story.
Happy Hour at Home: Have Some Very Gay Zoom Backgrounds
Drink poolside at Bette and Tina’s! Dance on the sticky dive bar floor at Vida’s! Have a champagne toast in Villanelle’s apartment! We’re all doing our best!
BUFU’s Cloud 9 Builds New Networks of Care for QTPOC During the Pandemic and Beyond
“We want to create the interconnectedness necessary to build futures together.”
Lost and Found in the Fish Sauce: How I Cooked My Way Back Home
Through my mother’s recipes, I’m reminded of the resilience that flows in our blood. Instead of disconnecting from my body to survive, I nurtured it. Like me, cooking is hella queer and fluid. Every time I reimagine a dish, it can taste different depending on my mood.“How spicy do I want this dish to be today? “How sweet do I want this dessert?” It’s never fixed or prescribed. That’s what makes these evolving recipes — and the queer experience — so delicious.
Eight Awesome Queer Historical Fiction Books Like Tipping the Velvet
Queer historical fiction books full of the steaminess, lush historical detail, and drama of Sarah Waters’s iconic lesbian coming of age story Tipping the Velvet.
Lez Liberty Lit: Paying Attention Differently
A time capsule of queer Los Angeles, how paying attention matters, read “A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex and Disability,” black queer writers winning Pulitzer Prizes and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Stephanie Beatriz Would Like to Be Your New Batwoman
Hey and so would Ali Liebert! Motherland: Fort Salem and Gentefied have been renewed, more details on ODAAT’s animated special, Vanity Fair’s Janelle Monáe profile is a must-read, and more!
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 513 Recap: If the Apocalypse Comes, Beep Me
The Legends fight a horde of zombies in their race against time to get to the Loom and stop the Fates.
Queered & Careered: Manifestation Journaling (Or Using Woo-Woo Talk to Claim the Life You Want)
During this challenging time, use your journal to throw your dreams into space. Imagine what could be and use that energy to fuel your long days.
My Top 10 Television Shows: Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
One thing that does unite every show on this list is that each of them came into my life at the exact right time and also all influence my own writing in some way.
Former TERFs and SWERFs are Fleeing The “Cult” Movements Known For Being Terrible and Wrong
“Looking back on his time in the “gender critical” feminist movement,” writes PinkNews’ Vic Parsons, “[Dyess] is unequivocal: it’s a cult.”
Foolish Child #72: State Your Emergency
“Ma’am, I can assure you that refusing to wear a mask to protect your community… is not the ‘new’ N-word.”
No Filter: Leisha Hailey In Her Dirt Is The Portrait Of a Queer Women in Quarantine.
Also: Ama Elsesser is cooking great dinners for her lover and Rhea Butcher is getting into tie dye and it’s frankly inspiring.