In the span of a few hours, in two different Indian airports I experienced a spectrum of responses to my gay trans self that would serve as a microcosm of not only my trip, but of my entire queer experience. There are no guarantees, so I’m learning to be my own safe space.
How will Dana and Alice tell their friends that they are riding the hobby horse together? Why is Helena so obsessed with taking her children to Sea World and also Tina? What’s Shane gonna do with all the pills she took from Veronica Bloom? Let’s find out on this week’s thrilling episode of “To L and Back.”
There’s no evidence that Aimee Semple McPherson was queer. But there’s no evidence that a lot of historical figures did a lot of the things they do on screen.
Autostraddle sent Reneice Charles and Molly Adams to capture the spirit of the sixth annual dapperQ fashion show at Brooklyn Museum; here are Reneice’s reflections and Molly’s photographs.
Decriminalize sex work. Plus, dating through Facebook, why vaginal wellness is a scam, what happens in sex therapy and more.
Who’s the VSCO girl? What’s happening with Pride in Bosnia? Plus a queer playlist or two, an album review, and a movie about elder lesbians. Happy Sunday!
I wouldn’t say I’ve escaped the Cult of Mommy completely. I’ve defined it for myself.
Plus updates on Why Women Kill and Bachelor in Paradise!
A book party, you ask? For whom? For what? For Archie, I exclaim back! For our own Archie Bongiovanni, and for this here comic we have on Autostraddle dot com called Grease Bats!
“Does this mean Stef is now eligible to be featured on No Filter?”
There’s nothing like a beach date to the Northernmost tip of your home island of Cebu, Philippines to make you ponder the meaning of love and life, as part of the Filipino diaspora!
Our team weighs in on 23 romantic drama films including High Art, The Handmaiden, Carol, Blue is the Warmest Color and so many more.
“I was so excited to see REI was a sponsor for A-Camp, as it confirmed for me they put their money where their mouth is, doing actual work to support and include communities we don’t often see represented in the outdoor space.”
Kristen Stewart is going to keep holding her girlfriend’s hand in public thank you very much, we’re getting one more season of Grace and Frankie, Indya Moore will hunt monsters with Draco Malfoy, How Lizzo Does That, Holland Taylor’s coming to Netflix, and more!
Being in places that took pride in their weirdness made it feel natural to take pride in my own.
Also, Evan Rachel Wood sports some awfully suspicious bruises and Jasika Nicole inspires us all.
I spent my adolescence trying to be a boy. I wasn’t very good at it, but I tried really, really hard. I didn’t wear bright colors, I didn’t listen to pop music, I didn’t even style my hair until I was 17. I certainly wasn’t the kind of person to dress in drag. And yet I was. And yet I did. Because when I was 16 I won a drag show in Florence.
It’s hard to overstate how much I loved this book and how much I think you will, too.
Your friend and ours, Carmen Rios, joins us for this week’s episode of “To L and Back,” in which women make out with each other in pools and hotel rooms and during service exchanges and Charlotte tells Jenny to stop talking for a day. :-(
With a mess of planets in Virgo, are you ready to get to work?