PHOTOESSAY: NYC’s Dyke March, Queer Liberation March, All-Ages Party, and More (Not Corporate) World Pride
World Pride took over New York last week in what was possibly the largest LGBTQIA+ event in history.
Pop Culture Fix: Tessa Thompson Is a Damn Delight as Eartha Kitt’s Catwoman on “Drunk History”
Kate McKinnon has her Marianne Williamson impression ready to go, Lucy Lawless can’t believe she’s still having to explain that Xena was gay, Rutina Wesley on this season of Queen Sugar, Lizzo’s not giving up on Ursula, the Black Lady Sketch Show, and more!
This New Book on Nurturance Culture Is Needed, but Is It Too Normative?
While “Turn This World Inside Out” makes plain the problems with shaming folks into a more liberated world free of gendered violence, it does so in limited ways that made me as a reader hungry for more.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #25
Can we please get a “sustainability dyke” pin? I would love that so much.
“Wynonna Earp” Is Officially Coming Back for Season 4, Canadian Gays Win Again
Our angelic bisexual badass and soft butch sheriff are officially returning to us!
Yes, Virginia, You Can Date Your Best Friend You’re Secretly in Love With (At Least, In Theory)
Someone has gotta make the first move, or you’re gonna spend the rest of your life hyper-aware of the fact that two centimeters of your outer thighs are touching as you sit next to each other rigidly on the sofa watching Masterchef Junior.
Sue Bird’s Essay About Megan Rapinoe Will Punch Your Heart in the Face in the Very Best Way
LOVE IS NOT A LIE, CASE CLOSED.
Insta Crush: Potato the Corgi Has Mixed Feelings About Fame
“Potato is always looking for dog sitters and play dates, feel free to slide into her DMs ;)”
Playlist: Am I in Love With the Person I Had Sex With Once or Is It Cancer Season?
I don’t know if I’m about to get murdered or married or literally never hear from her again. And I don’t really care??
We Watched MTV’s “Sexually Fluid” Dating Show “Are You The One”? and Unfortunately We… Love It?
Find out whether Amber and Nour adopt a pet together, and the exciting potential future of Justin the tattooed vet and Max, who Stef lovingly describes as a “sex idiot.”
Call For Submissions: The Travel Issue
Our summer issue is a broad look at traveling around and about this whole weird place, for all the right or wrong or baffling reasons. Submissions are open until July 22nd!
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 113: Locked Up
Just your average everyday lesbians fighting sexual tension in jail episode!
Queer Horoscopes for July 2019: How Your Sign’s Navigating Security and Vulnerability Through July’s Eclipses
The best way to resolve relationship anxiety isn’t what you think this month, as the eclipses show us what’s been hidden.
Thirsty Classics: “The Children’s Hour” Is All About Shirley MacLaine’s Hair
“Shirley daydreams about their first meeting. “I remember thinking, What a pretty girl.” Later, Audrey kisses her cheek and Mary’s eyes widen. Mine do too.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 58, June 2019
“Where do we stand on my confetti canon? Should I bring it to camp?”
Sunday Funday: Megan Rapinoe and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Make a Date at the U.S. House of Representatives
AOC and Megan Rapinoe are totes dating (or at least gonna hang out instead of Rapinoe going to the White House), see new old pictures of Pride, Tiny Desk concerts, and a Gentleman Jack reading list! Happy Sunday!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Throwing Bricks
How shadow bans harm sex workers, the deal with latex, kissing games that aren’t just spin the bottle and more.
Be The Change: We Are Our Own Legacy
The moral of this story is that despite this column very much aligning with the rise of the Trump administration, it’s never been about Trump.
Some Things: A Process
My mom is glad that after SO MANY YEARS I’m finally appreciating what she’d been trying to teach me my entire childhood.
Boobs on Your Tube: “Claws” Leans into a Painful Lesbian on TV Mistake
Plus: Ackley Bridge, Burden of Truth, grown-ish, and Siren continues to be #hornyformermaids!