Also.Also.Also: I Need To Know The Y2k Trends You Remember
A lil Y2K nostalgia quiz for to wrap up your day. Because, why not? Also: celebrating the trans artists who have Grammy nominations this weekend.
Creating Trans Futures in “The Sims”
What struck me most was that I had never played a game like this that felt like I belonged in it, that I could choose to celebrate being trans within the rules and scope of an environment instead of having to make believe as a cis woman to survive.
This Episode of “Poker Face” Could Have Been Great
By so starkly villainizing its anti-establishment characters and valorizing the FBI, “Poker Face” falls backward into old narratives.
Gutter Talk: Returning to the Comics That Understand Me
I think I have been so tired of being trans that I put it away in too many places, forgetting to bring it back out again.
Blush and Bashful: You’re a Lesbian and You Want To Buy an Engagement Ring
“There are so many ways to individualize your ring and make it super unique for your relationship and yourself.”
Word Search: Enemies to Lovers
It is VERY horny in here, but also safe for work!
February 2023: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Disney+, Shudder and Paramount+
We’ve got some very bisexual reality television, the return of Harlem, Bel-Air and Star Trek: Picard; a Harley Quinn Valentine’s Day special and so much more!
Gillian Anderson Wants To Know Your Sexual Fantasies
Gillian Anderson is doing her own version of Nancy Friday’s My Secret Garden.
Harlem Season Two Focuses on Black Women’s Joy, Creating a Little Joy of Its Own
Harlem shines the best when it focuses on the relationship between the four main characters. Whenever Camille, Tye, Quinn, and Angie are on screen together, you can’t help but smile.
Pop Culture Fix: The Sims 4 Adds Top Surgery Scars and Binders for Trans Gamers!
WNBA free agency is already bonkers, the Sam Smith discourse, MCU’s first trans actor, and more!
“I Didn’t Know Trans Men Existed Until I Saw Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars”
This year, the Autostraddle team decided to focus our Black History Month coverage on the Black elders who are still here and still doing the work. We welcome our readers to celebrate these members of the Black LGBTQ+ community with us.
No Filter: Keke Palmer’s Fairytale-Themed Baby Shower Is Very Charming
Also, Ali Krieger swam with a ding dang SHARK!
FYP: I Don’t Care What’s In Your Wallet — What’s Inside Your Carry-On?
Are you actually brave enough to let them scan your bag?
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for February 2023
It’s important to acknowledge times like this, small oases of relative peacefulness in otherwise turbulent times. If you’ve been waiting for a moment to catch your breath, this is it.
Mini Crossword Didn’t Get Tickets Either
My girlfriend bought a boat…
Also.Also.Also: Noted Lesbian Author Kristen Arnett Was a Clue on Jeopardy, the Category Was “Get Stuffed”
Also, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union see Zaya off to her winter formal, how our definition of “healthy” fails Black women, and did we mention we got interviewed by CNN?
The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023
“what if autostraddle just became a mariah carey fansite”
The State of Queer and Trans Film After the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
“In the past few years, we’ve been seeing queer people in film outside of trauma and pain. We’re seeing folks who can be terrible, romantic, sweet, murderous — and who also just happen to be queer.”
“The Last of Us” Episode 102 & 103 Recap: Alone Together
Ellie, Tess and Joel head out into the city, and we learn about a gay love story at the end of the world.
Queer Archivists and Library Workers on Archival Materials That Meant a Lot to Them
“We’ve always struggled but we’ve also always had culture and community, I think that those just mean a lot to me, also that we’ve always been funny.”
