Extra! Extra!: Chelsea Manning Will Be Free, and More News Amid This Strange Week
Privacy rights, Chelsea Manning’s release from prison, examples of direct action and its results for Indigenous people of Canada, election updates and more.
Duolingo is Gay! And It Could Be Gayer!
Story #6 titled “Honeymoon” is very gay. Not with a Disney-style exclusively gay moment, but with some actual textual ‘Le mot L’ dyke drama.
Roundtable: From Our Shelters, Places to Yours
It’s a weird time, friends and loved ones; we’re all feeling disconnected and scared, and many of you are, too. We’re here to share a little about how we’re spending this time and what rituals, routines and practices are helping us get through this period; share yours with us too?
The Comment Awards Are Daydreaming Of Pizza, and Of You
“I’d facepalm, but I can’t touch my face.”
“Last Tango in Halifax” Season Five Has a Lot to Love (if You Can Forgive it for Season Three)
As always, Caroline’s relationships are given equal weight with everyone else’s, and her cagey responses to questions about her love life show she’s got her eye on someone.
Four Ways the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Affecting the LGBTQ+ Community
In this pandemic, we are watching the compounded failures of capitalism and narcissistic government play out. We’re seeing issues that primarily target marginalized communities now take a broader toll. But as members of marginalized communities, we know what that means: our community is getting hit even harder than before.
Netflix’s “Feel Good” Insists Deeply Flawed Queer People Are Worthy of Love
How do two queer people still figuring out their sexualities, their genders, their shames, their traumas, their pasts, their futures, their vastly different presents make a relationship work?
Also.Also.Also: Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato Are Gay as Hell, Friends Again. Disney Kids Rejoice!
Your favorite Disney stars probably hooked up as teenagers. Also: A Frida Kahlo exhibit you can visit without leaving your couch, new podcasts, and social distance doesn’t mean leaving your friends behind.
“Misdirection”: Carly Usdin’s Magical Queer Short Film Is Free to Stream Right Now!
It will make you laugh and swoon, I promise. (There’s a surprise therapist I won’t spoil for you, but you’ll love that too.)
Ask Us Anything: What To Watch While Social Distancing, From Noted Queer Experts
Get some personalized recs from the Autostraddle TV Team! Right now! Just for you! LIVE! Because we love you!
Read A F*cking Book Club: Octavia Butler’s “Parable of the Sower”
Come get dystopian and read “Parable of the Sower” with us!
Queer Tarotscopes: Aries Season Gives Us Courage, Guides Us Forward
Ambitious and bold, this is an opportunity to take on new challenges, to see things through our most optimistic lens. When have you been holding back? Where have you been afraid to voice your desires, your ambitions, your deepest wants? What the hell is stopping you from going after what you want?
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 507 Recap: A Thousand Times, Goodnight
The Legends say goodbye to Ray and Nora with a Shakespearean flourish.
Tempted to Check on Your Ex? Check on Someone Else’s Ex Instead!
More than a few people have been tempted to reach out to their ex as social distancing measures have ramped up. More than a few have acted on that temptation. That impulse might be coming from the right place, but, friends, it’s time to knock if off.
Pop Culture Fix: What’s This Queer Fairytale Ending on “Legacies”?
Vida and She-Ra are ending, group movie nights while social distancing, Rebecca Sugar on how their trauma influenced Steven Universe, Willow’s getting her own comic, and more!
8 of the Best Luxe Toys You & Your Long-Term Partner Will Love
There’s something different about how you approach sex with someone you’ll be scissoring for the long haul – you know what she likes, you can do things a little differently if you’re fluid-bonded, and you can invest in higher-end things you know you’ll both love.
No Filter: Megan Rapinoe Says Stay In Your Home, and Ashley Benson is Making Memes
Even in quarantine, celebrities are wealthy and glamorous!
Lesbian Meme Culture Normalized My Abusive Relationship
Once I was out of an emotionally and sexually abusive queer relationship, I realized how lesbian memes can support unhealthy relationship dynamics. U-hauling and codependency didn’t feel like a joke anymore. I had to unfollow lesbian meme accounts to heal and learn new ways to approach queer love.
6 Culturally Queer Facts About Fiona Apple, No Reason
Can you be involved in pit bull rescues and be straight? Sure, of course you can. I’m just saying.
Here’s Your Latest COVID-19 and Coronavirus News, Updated Throughout the Week
To keep everyone abreast of the latest pandemic-related news, we’re creating a Coronavirus edition of Extra! Extra! that will be regularly updated with the latest news. We’ll continue our regular Extra! Extra! column each Friday with non-Coronavirus news because, after all, the world keeps on turning.