“I identified as a heterosexually-inclined bisexual when I started giving hand jobs for money, and I left more or less a lesbian. It wasn’t the only factor in that transformation, but boy was it a major one.”

“Hello, is this a safe space where we can discuss the complete emotional dismantling perpetrated by Heather Hogan’s letter accompanying the fundraiser?”

The Sophie/Ryan slow burn continues, Alice gets a new roomie, and hey have you heard — Mary spent an awful lot of time at the park.

Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.

We got superhero movies! Teen comedies! Christmas movies! Oscar bait! Musicals!!!!

Join Valerie, Drew, and Carmen as they geek out about Ryan Murphy’s Netflix adaptation of The Prom.

We’re heading for the love getaway with SO much drama at lesbian karaoke! Everybody is making questionable romantic choices and it is a THRILL to witness!

The Autostraddle store is full of some of the best gay merch you’ll ever lay your little gay eyes on.

The weather is getting warmer and the LGBTQ+ books are only getting hotter! Queer book lovers, get ready we have all your spring blanket reading needs covered.

“I fully understand they have to paint a picture of the times, and deep racial trauma and pain were a part of those times, but I found myself wondering why we need another gut-wrenching Black story on film.”

Plus! Valerie Anne is trash for Motherland: Fort Salem, Drew loves a queer Valentine’s Day Dance, and Natalie is so hype on Leverage getting queer this year! And! Betty, In the Dark, the return of grown-ish, and All American’s backdoor pilot with a non-binary character.

Whether you’re in the market for furniture, art, candles, planters, kitchenware, organizers, textiles, or little tchotchkes, these queer-owned shops have got you covered.

The only thing less believable is how well behaved all these cats are around coffee mugs and pastries.

Also! Updates on Hightown, New Amsterdam, Nancy Drew, and NCIS: Hawai’i!

This should be chill.

Being gay in public can be daunting, and it is not only because PDA discourse is fraught with questions of respectability and modesty. No, for us in the LGBTQ+ community, it can be a matter of life and death, so I completely understand your confusion and possible hesitance around showing PDA to your partner.

I asked her if I could have a human-sized cat cone, the one that makes it looks like your head is poking through a piece of toast. Sadly, I cannot — but I can get the brace I need in Tennessee Lady Vols orange, so at least I can support my favorite team while also making sure the top half of my body is the color of a construction cone so I don’t get hit by any cars.

“When I was diagnosed, and realizing how it affected me outside of the way that I eat, it’s these processes throughout my day or the way that my personality functions. It isn’t that disruptive, but having the framework helped. Finding kink, having the words for it, helped contextualize the sex that I like to have, the friendships that I like to have, the dynamics that I like to have and the relationships in general.”

April’s gonna be great everybody! Season 4 of The Handmaid’s Tale, a new girls-on-the-run Japanese lesbian film, Kate Winslet as a detective with a gay daughter, Season 2 of The Circle, Season 2 of The Black Lady Sketch Show, a new misanthropic queer show from Australia and so much more!

Should you tell your friend you’re concerned about her marrying a 20-year old conservative Christian, should you reach back out to someone you ghosted, how do you deal with the aftermath of an emotional affair between your partner and a mutual friend — the team answers these questions about your friendship drama and more!