“Good Trouble” Episode 106 Recap: Imposter
Mariana has to explain boundaries to Raj again and Jazmin finally gets Gael to understand the bigotry she’s up against.
Foolish Child #39: Ace But Love Your Face
“Have you forgotten what the A in LGBTQIA stands for?”
Pop Culture Fix: Alison Brie and Sugar Lyn Beard are Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer on “Drunk History”
Plus: A trailer for The Bold Type’s third season, someone finally said “I’m gay” on the Disney Channel, Sandra Oh has some thoughts on Villanelle and Eve’s post-stabbing relationship, Lady Gaga and Janelle Monáe have a mutual love, and more!
No Filter: Evan Rachel Wood Gets Her Annual Westworld Body Cast, Signaling The End of Winter
Also, a behind-the-scenes look at Stephanie Beatriz’s One Day At A Time cameo and a Lena Waithe selfie that will stare into your very soul.
Young, Gifted, Black, and Closeted: Barbara Jordan’s Political Rise in a Country Not Yet Ready For Her
In 1974 it felt like every American was watching President Nixon’s impeachment hearings. With a single speech, a black lesbian changed the opinion of a nation. She was only getting started.
“Black Lightning” Episode 213 Recap: Gone Girl
Grace Choi finally gets the backstory we’ve been waiting on for TWO YEARS. Trust me, you’re going to want a box of tissues for this one.
A Kind of Decolonization I Can Feel at the Back of My Pussy
On internal colonization, South Asian shame and representation of happy brown queers on film.
Stray City Is a Love Story about Friendship, Portland, and Chelsey Johnson’s Queer Community
If I could have willed a book into existence, that book would be Stray City — so I talked to Chelsey Johnson about her debut novel and what it’s like to render queer community so intimately for the public.
How To Grow Up Without Being Invited
The problem with birthdays, and graduations, is that endings and beginnings are so often the same thing. What we’re really celebrating is the motion, the opposite of stagnating, the skill of turning your head and blinking your eyes to see things in a new light, even if your feet and heart feel heavy and the landscape hasn’t changed.
Like a Little Act of Vengeance: F*cking While Fat
Fuck. While fat. Don’t wait.
One Day at a Time’s Season Three Is Its Funniest and Gayest Yet
This entire season is so gay its nearly unquantifiable.
69 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “The L Word”
You’ve seen the show but do you really KNOW the show?
Monday Roundtable: Sign of the Times
Nothing stays the same forever, and that includes our bods; here’s the Autostraddle team talking about how they’ve noticed their bodies aging and what that’s like.
Janelle Monáe, Brandi Carlile, Lady Gaga and St. Vincent Gayed Up the 2019 Grammys
Plus a moving tribute to Dolly Parton performed, of course, by Dolly Parton.
Feelings, Rendered Material
I claimed to be a kid who “just loved birthdays,” when what I really loved was a socially sanctioned reason to shower my crushes with affection.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Delaying Orgasm
What to do if you want to orgasm less quickly, open your relationship, talk about and address vaginal pain and more.
Sunday Funday Is Glorifying One Day at a Time’s Latinx Supergroup
Plus: Janelle Monae opens up about being a black queer woman, Lena Waithe pens an op-ed in Time about Hollywood’s black renaissance, Sara Ramirez is going to bat for #20BiTeen on Twitter, Kristen Gillebrand is fighting for trans service members, Carol and Therese art for Valentine’s Day, and so much more!
Be The Change: We Like to Party! 5 Activist Ideas For Your Best Birthday Bash
Birthdays are the perfect time to ask people to take action. Why? People like you! They want to celebrate you! And on your birthday, they feel slightly more-obligated-than-usual to do what you ask of them!
Some Things: Indirect Success
Sometimes it’s hard to tell.
Boobs On Your Tube: Samira Wiley Shines as Bessie Coleman on “Drunk History”
Plus: All American continues to showcase some of the best queer storytelling on TV, HTGAWM threatens Tegan’s life, Tig Notatro: Space Butch is back on Star Trek, Siren is getting closer to gay mermaids, and Legacies unburies a gay.