Liberation Weekend Was a Battlecry
Welcome to Liberation Weekend, a two-day trans punk music festival.
Can Immigrant Mothers Heal With Their Queer Kids? These Desi Aunties Are Trying
Desi parents get a bad rap in America. Across TV and social media, immigrant aunties are typecast as judgmental or conservative, or else passive victims of circumstance, unable to navigate American society as fluently as their children.
Too Thirsty? I Asked To Sit With a Stranger at a Coffee Shop
I’m not suggesting we throw caution to the wind and enter conversations with the fervor and gall of a straight man, but I’d argue we can be a little less careful.
The Drag Queens, Burlesque Lesbians, and Gay Cowboys Who Made a Queer Honky-Tonk From Scratch
This is BOOTS, a 360 live show and queer Western extravaganza that has taken Orlando by storm.
Amanda Tori Meating Invites You to the Dollapalooza
“I wanted this lineup to give a really broad scope of drag. Like this entire cast is dolls but on stage you might see Creature from the Black Lagoon.”
PHOTOESSAY: Heavenly Bodies
Step into Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ ballroom scene with this photoessay.
Harper Steele, Bob the Drag Queen, and More Queer Celebs Tell Autostraddle Their Favorite Lesbian Movies
The Center in NYC held its annual dinner to recognize leaders in the LGBTQ community and present an award to Kesha. Autostraddle hit the red carpet to chat with some of the attendees!
Inside the Star-Studded Fashion Fundraiser To Support Trans Justice Funding Project
And how you can help contribute to the ongoing fundraiser for trans lives.
Twenty-Five Years In, Ginger’s Bar Welcomes a New Generation of Queers
Reporting from inside Ginger’s big birthday celebration in Brooklyn and a look at how the bar has evolved through the years.
Which of Your Possessions Belongs in a Trans Museum?
Small grassroots LGBTQ+ museums, archives, and galleries are redefining what it means to preserve and display trans histories.
20 Iconic Sapphic Pop Culture Moments of 2024
Lesbians and bisexuals sure got up to some things in 2024 — from Megan Thee Stallion’s strap to Kristen Stewart’s pantsless press tour to rugby’s lesbians to Tracy Chapman’s fingers, these were just some of the moments that defined sapphic pop culture in 2024.
Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Queer Art From 2024
Shorts and films we saw at festivals that haven’t received distribution yet, small press books, songs by indie artists, and more of our favorite underrated works of queer art from 2024!
Dolls on Tour Bring Trans Art Where It’s Needed Most
Sunny Laprade and Violet Stanza talk about their queer variety show, Dolls on Tour.
The History and Future of Lesbian Art Communities
Dyke+ ArtHaus creates a community for dyke artists, specifically centering those over 40.
The Drag Kings and Things of Bushwig
How the festival continues making space for drag kings and things.
Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Even the Lesbian Bars
The largest lesbian bar in the country and the oldest lesbian bar in the South has been running in Dallas, Texas since 1989.
The Best Chappell Roan Shows Are in the Midwest and South
For her queer fans in the Midwest and South, Chappell Roan’s rise is about so much more than her music.
What Is a Girlypop Masc?
The term has gained momentum and popularity among masculine-presenting lesbians who feel seen by the term’s allowance for masculinity and femininity to coexist in their identity.
Dev Doee Is the Star We’ve Been Waiting For
“This might sound cocky, but I’ve gotten to a place where I know I’m good. What really matters to me now is talking to other baby Black queens.”
Generation Z Is Gayer, More Anxious and Less Conservative Than Other Generations
A new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute reveals Generation Z is more likely to be LGBTQ+ than Republican, and also more likely to feel depressed and anxious.