The Comment Awards Are Making Soft Gay Noises
“I really think Lane Bryant is missing an opportunity to reclaim ‘Come To My Window’ from Applebee’s by not offering Reneice a million dollars for that one photo. You know the one I mean.”
Every Trans Girl I Meet Is From the Future: Finding a Bereft Sisterhood
I find myself preemptively mourning the transgenerational communities and cliques and cults and clubs and covens of girls like me that could be and may not be.
8 Books with Bi or Homoromantic Asexual Women Characters
Books with ace homo/bi/panromantic women characters do exist! Here’s a list of eight of these very real and awesome books in genres like romance, fantasy, YA and more!
Bicycling Across India, Learning About Queerness and Intimacy Along the Way
Lying in bed, she asked why I thought she’d be into women, and I tried to explain that Indian norms are full of moments Americans consider to be flirting. “Holding hands doesn’t mean anything,” she said. “It must be so sad to not touch your friends.”
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The BJ Dildo
The BJ Dildo is designed for strap-on blow jobs. And I really, really wanted to love it.
Step “Inside The Black Triangle” and Explore Queer Identities at Denver Pride This Weekend
Inside The Black Triangle is a photo series intending to highlight the struggles, joy, heartbreak, confusion, and diverse experiences of queer women living in a heteronormative world, and the artist behind the project is hosting an Autostraddle Meet-Up at Denver Pride this weekend!
Pop Culture Fix: Cameron Esposito’s “Rape Jokes” Has Already Changed the Comedy Game
Plus: Vida has been renewed; new trailers for G.L.O.W., OITNB, and Anne With an E, Alia Shawkat opens up about that NYT interview, Lena Waithe is everywhere this Pride, and so much more.
Autostraddle Exclusive: Bex Taylor-Klaus Bends Gender, Blends Styles in This Hot Photoshoot
“There are so many baby queers who depend on us to give them representation,” they said. “There’s so much in this world telling you to be something different and that’s so detrimental. I’d rather have kids see something and go, ‘It’s okay to be me.'”
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #49: Pride
“I know the difference between a party that’s celebrating me and a party that’s exploiting me.”
No Filter: Is Hayley Kiyoko a Big Spoon or a Little Spoon?
I’m honestly just spending this week deciding which celebrities are big spoons and little spoons and nothing you say is going to change my mind.
22 Brands Selling LGBT Pride Apparel In 2018, Ranked By Highly Subjective Criteria
‘Tis the season for various companies to throw rainbows on their products in exchange for our hard-earned gay cash! Who’s making cute stuff? Who’s donating to LGBTQ+ non-profits and how much? Who partnered with actual LGBTQ+ people to promote their wares? Let’s rank.
“The Bold Type” Episode 202 Recap: Meet the Parents
“Rose Colored Glasses” bites off way more than it can chew.
How to Have Strap-On Lesbian Sex
You’ve got your harness. You’ve got a dildo to use with it. So what happens next?
“Supergirl” Recap 322: Return to the ReignForest
One episode left, friends. I have no doubt Supergirl will save the world, but who will save Supergirl?
PERSONALS App Brings an Old School Dyke Dating Format Into a Hot New Future, Thanks Instagram
Your favorite queer Instagram dating account has changed its name to be more inclusive, is creating an app just for you, and is hosting a party in NYC to kickoff its crowdfunding efforts Wednesday night, June 13! Read our interview with creator Kelly Rakowski for all the hot details!
“Vida” Episode 106 Recap: A Kiss That Never Says Goodbye
It’s Vida’s season finale, but already I want more. We need more of this thoughtful, gut wrenching, unapologetic, queer, brown show in our lives.
Lane Bryant’s First-Ever Pride Collection Is Here and Adorably Queer
Lane Bryant made my plus-size lesbian dreams come true this Pride season with the release of their incredibly beautiful and much appreciated Pride Collection!
Drawn to Comics Exclusive: “Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass” Is the Mal and Molly Graphic Novel We Want!
Are you ready for a new Lumberjanes graphic novel about a magic compass, a wandering woman in the woods and Mal and Molly having lots of feelings?
5 Fanfic Rewrites of That Final Killing Eve Scene That Make It Better (Gayer)
What if kissing instead of stabbing?
Sex Work After FOSTA-SESTA: Why the New Wave of Prohibition Has So Many Panicking
One of the most annoying things I have heard during this process of figuring out what to do and how to react to the FOSTA-SESTA prohibition deal is “Don’t panic.”