I’m so sorry the people you’re around have made you feel unwelcome because you don’t follow their narrow definition of what being a queer woman looks like.

Also, let’s play a game: UFO or Christmas lights? Plus updates on Megan thee Stallion’s trial against Tory Lanez, getting high on mushrooms with your mom, and how to donate when you don’t have the money.

There’s a certain amount of risk calculation you have to do when you’re the only queer mom in a group of parents.

Is the era of polyamory over? Are more queer people returning to monogamy? Or is it just a shift in the cultural conversation?

The history of lesbian weddings on TV: parents refusing to attend, wild ’90s hats, untimely deaths, a weed brownie rave on the Eiffel Tower, an impromptu prison wedding, the union of two solo gems and so much more.

Top Chef’s latest chefsbian Rasika is winning hearts and taking names (plus, this week we were given the present of a sleeveless Kristen Kish!). Also: updates on 911 and the second season premiere of Beacon 23!

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

“I was always bisexual. Even in college, I dated a man and a woman at the same time, and they knew about each other.”

How social media is a lie, how to dress for a Catholic wedding, and is that girl who’s currently in a relationship into you?

“In my twenties as I was coming into my queerness, it felt like there were very heteronormative ways to be queer.”

“My partner and I have an open relationship. While we used to be really honest about things, when I met someone I actually liked, E, they decided they didnt want to know about it.”

Some of these trans advisors, coaches, and planners operate outside the system, identifying as anti-capitalist and advocating for integrating social justice values into investing. Some exist inside bigger, more established firms working from the inside out.

Lo’s newest offering is beautifully composed, often feeling like a peek into your best friend’s hot (queer) girl summer.

Last night’s Tonys were a big win for queer theater and Black theater, Abby Wambach and Glennon Doyle are the first queer women pictured in Architectural Digest in bed, Muff Dives, and more!

Welcome to Blush & Bashful, a new biweekly column about planning a queer wedding.

Vampires, magic, forbidden romance, unlikely friendship, and endless shipping potential abound in Vampire Academy.

Hollywood’s transphobia is no match for the shot of adrenaline that is finally being out to yourself and the world.

The Yorkshire lady of renown is back, now with her WIFE.

We’ve got an anti-vaxxer with a literal worm in his brain, a Christian Nationalist axe-thrower, a World Wrestling Federation founder, a former log-roller reality TV star, Marco F*cking Rubio and so many more bigoted losers nominated for Trump’s cabinet.

After another banger week for books coverage on Autostraddle, catch up on all the latest happenings in the queer lit world.