I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Kristen Arnett discuss the sliding scale of gender expression and how a femme wife is like having an IRL Barbie.
Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page
“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are extremely beautiful.”
Saving the Everglades Is a Queer Issue
Queer Floridian Juan Barquin talks to fellow queer Floridian Sasha Wortzel about her new documentary River of Grass and the beauty of the Everglades.
Eva Victor Didn’t Tell a Woman’s Story
“I understand why people like to speak about Agnes and Lydie’s friendship as female friendship but I think it is more complicated than that and the film is more trans than people want it to be.”
Zackary Drucker Is a Complicated Woman
“I think people often have a paternalistic protection of trans women that’s actually infantilizing.”
Fawzia Mirza Is Undeniable
“There’s no way anyone would’ve made this movie in the U.S. They didn’t want to. And now when those same people see it they’re like oh you did it!”
More Than Just a Film Score, Taul Katz’s ‘Just Kids OST’ Beautifully Captures the Many Layers of Young Trans Life
Katz has just released their debut album, a luminous, delicate, and immersive collection of music originally composed for Just Kids, a new documentary that centers the stories of three trans kids and their families living in states where gender-affirming care is banned.
These Queer Comedians Are Fighting…and Kissing
This all-queer comedy, wrestling, drag, and burlesque show asks the very important question: Will They Kiss?
This Trans Woman Has Directed 70 Films Since the ’80s
If you’ve never heard the name Kristiene Clarke, Jaye Hudson aka TGirlsonFilm plans to change that.
Michelladonna Does It for the Queens Baddies
The people’s prince Michelladonna brings a native New Yorker perspective to NYC comedy.
Nava Mau Is Playing Her Own Game — And Changing the World Along the Way
Watch Emmy nominee Nava Mau’s new film and read about the community work that inspired her film and TV career.
The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion
We all know that this sports issue has nothing to do with sports, and it has nothing to do with protecting female athletes. This topic has been a roundabout way to erode rights for transgender people.
Sabrina Wu Felt Like Tom Cruise on the Set of ‘Murderbot’
Comedian Sabrina Wu talks doing stunts and pulling stunts — and Alexander Skarsgård’s reaction to their outfit homage.
Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful
Alison Bechdel talks fame, privilege, and returning to old characters for her new work of autofiction.
Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive
Jennifer Beals has put together the ultimate walk down sapphic memory lane with the release of The L Word: A Photographic Journal, a gay tome featuring over 400 candid photographs taken by Beals on the set and behind the scenes.
Catherine McCafferty Thinks You Should Start Flirting and Stop Apologizing
Every single day, I wake up I say, ‘oh my goodness, I’m so happy I’m gay.’
‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Is Helen J. Shen’s Definitely Happy Beginning
“I feel like a year ago seems like a lifetime ago, even just in the journey of my own self-confidence and how much space I take up on a stage.”
Every Woman Bunny White Wanted To Be Kept Dying
Her new album tackles the grief you can’t quite name.
Liv Hewson On Collaborating With Lauren Ambrose, Cannibalism and Van’s Queerness: The Autostraddle Interview
“When I imagine Van pre-crash, I imagine somebody who’s getting called a dyke in the hallway and going, ‘Yep. Yes, I am. Yes, sir.'”
The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason
In her gorgeous new book, Cinema Her Way, writer and film critic Marya E. Gates interviews 19 female filmmakers — including Cheryl Dunye, Karyn Kusama, and Isabel Sandoval — about their work, and their experiences in the film industry.