I love their more serious work, but I hope this new mix of levity is here to stay as well.

We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day, the one day a year us lesbians take our corporeal form and make mischief in the streets in our flannel and Birkenstocks while singing “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

As Hot Strike Summer rapidly turns into Hot Strike Fall — I’ve become deeply interested in the trend where the forefront of labor movements are vocally and visibly, well, gay as hell.

The team answers your questions about keeping those fires burning!

Our community needed a way to share queer history, so we made it happen.

Congrats to Molly Kearney! Updates on Brittney Griner’s wrongful detainment, including President Biden finally meeting with her wife Cherelle. The Patagonia billionaire gave away all his money to combat climate change.

The new season of Netflix’s Ginny & Georgia is full of heartache, friendship, crime, singing, and of course that good, good gay drama.

It’s been a rough time to be a queer from Tennessee.

Tis the season for queer horror, but fans of sapphic books with magic have a lot to look forward to, too!

189 TV shows with lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans women characters only got one season to shine before getting cancelled — including another three just this week. Here are just some of the many LGBTQ+ shows that were gone too soon.

This exact list exists on just about every pop culture website, but this is the first iteration helmed exclusively by lesbians.

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we learn.

Also! Updates on The Chi and Roswell, New Mexico!

As Ryan Wilder, Javicia Leslie makes it clear — superheroes shine brightest when they are made for their moment.

For Ela Przybylo, the concept of “asexual erotics” emphasizes non-sexual intimacy and ways of relating to one another.

Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no one is watching, it’s fine).

This is the sapphic Regency coming-of-age book you’ve been waiting for.

Come with me on a journey into the best of what HBO Max has to offer fans of lesbian, bisexual and queer television.