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

It’s a nesting doll of magnificent weirdness watching someone as over the top as Kate McKinnon try to add substance and subtlety to someone as over the top as Carole Baskin.

Solo Dance has no illusions that in the present day, the implicit and explicit violence of homophobia still leaves lasting scars on young queer people.

25 years later I was curious to see if I’d still hate it since I’ve stopped judging my queerness by my distance to gold star lesbian status.

“There’s a certain point of friendship at which it becomes a blood pact. Certain things, we take to the grave.”

First ‘The Wedding Banquet’ trailer teases homages to original while also paving its own way (namely, by adding LESBIANS).

You may have heard that lesbian divorce rates are exceptionally high, and perhaps you may have found yourself wondering — are they really?

A church whose mantra is “Church Unusual.”

A new study on “health work” in relationships shows that women take care of their men, women take care of their women, and men take care of their men. In other words, gay people are the best.

Donald Trump has once again won the presidential election, riding a wave of hatred and bigotry towards women, immigratns, LGBTQ+ people and people of color. Where can we go from here?

Sophia Bush is kissing girls on TV again, queer Grammy noms, hopeful Agatha All Along news, and more!

Plus updates on A Million Little Things, Good Trouble, Gotham Knights, How I Met Your Father, The Watchful Eye, Truth Be Told, and Survivor! That’s so many shows! Get in here!

By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.

It’s been impossible to avoid news of the Amber Heard / Johnny Depp trial, and its verdict isn’t sitting so well.

As the film reflects on the progress and lack thereof for trans people, it’s also a reminder of what we have to lose without inventive, intelligent big budget movies.

Knowing that Lister-Jones will divorce her husband and come out as queer, completely recontextualizes what’s on-screen.

Sydney Sweeney is set to play queer boxer Christy Martin in a movie based on the true story of her life, and Katy O’Brian is set to play her rival-turned-wife.

Sandra Hüller is quickly establishing herself as an actor unlike any other.

There’s a lot of confusion going around about what this all means and as someone who worked in repro and/or civil liberties work for over fifteen years, I’m here to demystify the moment we’re in right now.

Nicole Scherzinger was apparently G Flip’s gay awakening.