Despite an independent autopsy finding Tortuguita was shot over 50 times with their hands raised, no criminal charges will be brought against the cops.

Aside from launching skilled attacks at her opponents, she was always ready to pivot back to a story about a Nevadan or highlight the specific plight of black and brown people. I think she made her case that if you want a candidate who can go toe-to-toe with an “arrogant billionaire,” she’s ready.

Also, a Last of Us adaptation is coming to HBO, Zaya Wade walked her first red carpet, Katrina Law wants to mess with Avalance, Tessa Thompson on Westworld’s new season, and more!

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

This year for Trans Awareness Week, I wanted us to focus on recent trans history. Autostraddle itself is part of that history.

What TV shows with lesbian, bisexual and queer women and trans characters are on Prime Video? What a good question!

Let’s hop in my time machine and discuss what makes the women of SNL so hot — without once discussing their looks.

The next couple months are bringing lots of new queer books to shelves, but sapphic Romantasy in particular is booming this winter.

It’s Halloween in Lesbian Los Angeles and nobody is respecting how cute Sophie’s costume is! Also Dani’s rebounding with her Bad Friend, Micah’s getting parenting advice from a REALLY SPECIAL GUEST STAR, Alice and Taylor are having a spooky night in and Ivy’s waiting out back in her car for Shane, so….

Elizabeth Warren’s Op-Ed on Amy Coney Barrett, 25 famous women on crying, is there a safe way to go home for the holidays? Plus, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher AND first glimpses of a young Princess Diana in bomb “The Crown” trailer drop heard ’round the world.

How to have the perfect queer zoom date (because who knows when we’ll ever be able to touch each other with our bare skin again). Also: the distinct eras of sex talk by black women in hip-hop, Trekkies Assemble! Nichelle Nichols needs our support! And a round up of the DNC quotables in case you don’t want to stay up all night watching.

In this week’s Extra! Extra!, we take a break from our usual fare and instead offer commentary on some of the women who are on the short list to be Joe Biden’s Vice President.

Yes, there’s Biden and Bernie and Elizabeth Warren, but also what about the smaller races you didn’t even know you cared about — like Georgette Gomez vying to become the first out queer Latina in Congress!

New Hampshire voters go to the polls in three days. From Elizabeth Warren demonstrating growth when talking about the issues that matter for people of color to Biden’s continued slip away from the pack, here six takeaways from Friday’s debate.

With polling showing four candidates — Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren — within five points of each other in Iowa, last night’s debate offered candidates their last, best shot at separating themselves from the pack.

“I CAN’T BELIEVE WE’VE RECLAIMED CHERRY CHAPSTICK!”

Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve been full of the nervous anxiety of indefinite waiting. And yet, in that time, so much has happened in the world. In this week’s Extra! Extra! we share some reflections on the 2020 election and news on events from Vienna to Poland to Ethiopia to the Philippines to New Zealand to Chile.

The United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, Puerto Rico’s earthquakes, LGBTQ youth in middle America, Julián Castro backs Elizabeth Warren, and more.

Former bisexual Congresswoman Katie Hill is writing her memoir, what the coronavirus teaches us about climate change, remembering Trayvon Martin, Elizabeth Warren plays “Name that Billionaire,” sex positive therapists reclaiming the narrative and more!

The Dixie Chicks are back baby, black-owned queer fashion companies to support with your coin, and political links to make you go “hmmmm” (but NOT stress out) this Super Tuesday!