18 Jigsaw Puzzles Relevant To Your Gay Interests
Ahhh, the meditative experience of getting incredibly focused on a jigsaw puzzle!
The Comment Awards Are Imagining The Future We Need
“I don’t wear a lot of sports apparel, but petty lesbians might just change that.”
It’s Chika 1, Rap Industry 0 With Her Debut EP “Industry Games”
Chika’s debut EP drops TODAY an she’s re-introducing herself with a major bang! Conscious, thoughtful, craftsperson-ly lyricism and bombastic beats. I can’t wait.
“Riverdale” Episode 416 Recap: A Literary Society That Also Does Murders
“Are you really so delusional you would believe I would mastermind some elaborate conspiracy that caused the deaths of multiple people just to win a YA book contract?”
Lez Liberty Lit: Quarantine Reading
Pandemic reading, writers speaking for themselves rather than for their communities, new books on mental health and more.
Queer Sex Coven: Charge Your Strap-On Dildo Under a Full Moon
Because charging crystals is for basic witches.
Also.Also.Also: The USWNT Really Said “F*ck You. Pay Me.”
Wolf girls are hot, we’ll never quit Girl Scout Cookies, Dolly Parton’s 75th birthday plans include a Playboy cover shoot, and more updates for your week!
Eight Great Angsty Lesbian Romance Books
Sometimes you want queer ladies to get a nice happily-ever-after but you want them to have to really work for it, you know? That’s what these angsty lesbian romances are for.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 506 Recap: The Darhk Night
Ava and Sara put on cowboy outfits, have a lovers’ quarrel, and have to decide whether or not to kill their friend’s evil dad.
You Should Join A+ So We Can Have a Merch Giveaway!
Help us reach our stretch goal and you could win an Autostraddle merch package!
Pop Culture Fix: Maisie Williams Promises a Telepathic Lesbian Love Story in “New Mutants”
Also: Kat’s setting boundaries on The Bold Type, Brandy Clark’s new album, the first One Day at a Time clip clowns on Netflix, Let Lizzie McGuire do sex, and more!
Foolish Child #67: The Sims
Who is that scary guy in the robe, holding a big knife? That would be the Grim Reaper, kiddo.
A Wild Dare
For a long time, my wildest dream was my parents’ acceptance, it seemed so far off. Those years of silent dinners, no questions, no answers. I didn’t dare dream of anything else.
No Filter: King Princess Is Shooting Nudes With Her Girlfriend Quinn Wilson, Good For Them
Ashley Benson brings back lip gloss, Indya Moore has some great energy for the week, Janet Mock celebrates her birthday and Ali Krieger celebrates her team and also me I guess?
“Saint Frances” Is The Fascinating Story of a Straight White Woman Aiding a Beautiful Interracial Lesbian Couple
It was fascinating to watch a young white woman enter the home of two gay women of color and make a concerted effort to support them, without centering herself or her own personal experience.
Also.Also.Also: Demi Lovato Wants to Make Out With Rihanna — Stars, They’re Just Like Us!
Turns out, you and Demi Lovato share the same dream at night. Also: the USWNT are still fighting the patriarchy, bald eagles loves a good thruple, and Stacey Abrams is building a new kind of coalition in the Deep South.
“Twenties” Review: Lena Waithe Writes Herself Into Her Groundbreaking New BET Series To Mixed Results
Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” on BET is historic — the first black butch lesbian to ever serve as the protagonist of a comedy in TV history! Carmen and Natalie got together to talk about the show, what’s next for black queer representation, and yes that really great sex scene.
Queered & Careered: Five Unconventional Ways to Honor Yourself at Work
Honoring yourself is about creating fun, rejuvenating, life affirming practices that help you stay grounded and practice self-compassion. They should join you in life, and in work.
Wow Happy Birthday to Us: Here’s How Our A+ Birthday Membership Drive Went!
Yesterday’s Advice-a-Thon was beautiful!!! A+ Members got advice on friendship, family, dating, peoples’ jobs and work, gay weddings, just navigating queer life — we are receiving word from our correspondents that one reader even told her girlfriend she loved her after getting advice about it!
Imagining a Neurodiverse Future
What do Courtney Love and Greta Thunberg have in common? They both speak their minds, distrust power, and they’re both autistic. These two vanguards show us the power and political potential of autism while demonstrating how autistic people can shape a fairer and kinder world.