4 Moments During My Transition When Womanhood ‘Clicked’ for Me
1. When targeted ads began spooning wedding crap onto my feed.
Texas’ DIY Parties Are Creating Spaces for Lesbians From Scratch
I wear a leather vest for a shirt, a black cowboy hat, and pearls for added flair. The party is in a discreet, always-changing location, available only by word-of-mouth invite.
Queer Feminist Essay Collection Explores Horrors of Motherhood
The Call Is Coming From Inside The House is an ideal read for anyone interested in any one of its disparate themes: horror movies, queer parenthood, mental health, bisexuality, true crime, and more.
Untethered: How Do You Know You’re Living Where You Want To Be?
This dissolution of home presents a lot of choices — how I’ll spend my time — who I’ll visit, when, for what holidays if any.
The Best Breakup Advice You’ll Ever Get
“The world is supposed to feel as though it is ending and you are supposed to know only in the most dormant recesses of the backmost corner of your soul that it will not be like this forever.”
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Are Turning Our Favorite Lesbian Soccer Romance Novel Into a TV Show
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are adapting beloved lesbian sports romance novel “Cleat Cute” into a TV show and we want it now. Also in today’s pop culture fix: Hacks’ Season Three trailer, a new doc about queer comedy, Bridgerton’s lesbian romps and more!
‘Girls State’ Documentary Reveals Limitations of a Mock Government
Maddie Rowan, a queer teen from the documentary, speaks to Autostraddle about growing up queer in Missouri and what it was like to be at the camp when the Roe v. Wade decision leaked.
Is Monogamy Cool Again?
Is the era of polyamory over? Are more queer people returning to monogamy? Or is it just a shift in the cultural conversation?
No Filter: Reneé Rapp and Towa Bird Perform Together in Front of Giant Scissors
Also, I’m still not over that Victoria Monét Coachella performance.
Dice Sets Ranked by How Much My Girlfriend Wants To Eat Them
My girlfriend Lucy lives with the neurodivergent urge to put small, colorful things in her mouth.
Mini Crossword ‘Accidentally’ Leaves Gloves Everywhere
I just applied for a job down at the diner.
Top (Get It?) Moments From Inside the WNBA Draft
Monday night I had the honor of sitting amongst basketball legends at the 2024 WNBA Draft. The gayest thing in the room? The crowd! Seated in front of me was a group of lesbians that included multiple ex-girlfriends attending together.
Mark My Words, Billie Eilish’s New Queer Sex Song Is Gonna Be the Song of the Summer
“I could eat that girl for lunch / Yeah, she dances on my tongue.” I know it’s a little premature to declare an early contender for song of the summer but…
Dev Doee Is the Star We’ve Been Waiting For
“This might sound cocky, but I’ve gotten to a place where I know I’m good. What really matters to me now is talking to other baby Black queens.”
Sapphic Romance Books To Give Your Heart a Spring Refresh
If you’re looking for something that evokes spring, whether literally or figuratively, this list of YA and Adult Romance has you covered.
How Do I Learn To Trust Again After My Two-Month Situationship Ended Abruptly?
“I’m a cis queer woman in my mid-twenties, and I’m mourning yet another 2-3 month-long relationship that ended unexpectedly, and this time it’s messing with me in the way the others haven’t.”
10 Gayest Joni Mitchell Songs Ranked by Lesbian Longing
Is there a Joni Mitchell album that wasn’t born from some heartbreaking or devastating experience?
‘Bluey’ Hinted That Lesbian Cartoon Dogs Could Theoretically Exist, Bigots are Mad
Homophobes are angry about a children’s cartoon being inclusive again, Maya Hawke’s Anxiety is a hit in Inside Out 2, there is a new lesbian musical on Broadway (this is not a drill!!), Station 19’s Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato talked with NBC about #Marina, and more!
Reneé Rapp Transports Coachella Crowd to 2004 With Original ‘L Word’ Cast Introduction
Reneé Rapp had her fans talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, f*cking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming at Coachella.
The Best Lesbian Movies With Less Than 20% on Rotten Tomatoes
I’m here to talk about the films that might not be masterpieces, but are still deserving of a second look — even if that second look is with a group of friends and several bottles of wine.