Cafes became hubs for marginalized members of the communities they were in, and learning their history helps us understand the power of their impact.

Some things we read and saw on the internet on #trayvon and race in America.

This week on NSFW Sunday: lesbian erotica, the G-spot, corsets, and the Lingerie Bowl.

This part essay, part research project started out as a joke. I wanted to know if one of the unexpected benefits of Black people always dying first in horror movies was that we could never be zombies.

“Today I am 28. It is 2023. In Nigeria, it is illegal to do the things I did freely at the beaches in Toronto; watch my queer friends kiss under the eyes of a cloudy sun, hold hands with a woman on a rain-less night intoxicated by wine and wishfulness. I lie to a taxi driver, tell him that I have a fiancé. I show him a picture, a man. My cousin doesn’t know how often his image has saved me from lecherous men. Here, fiction can be a raft in a sea…”

Overlapping topics we’re going to discuss include the history of glitter, queer meanings of femme and femme theory, Barbie Capitalism, why gays love Magic Earring Ken, pink vs pynk, and so much more!

In the face of dehumanizing rhetoric and violence that turns our community members into statistics, it is our responsibility to care for one another and change the conditions that impact trans people’s quality of life right now.

Do you want to socialize without noise and too many strangers? Do you have a geeky streak? Then TTRPGs might be for you.

Signaling that you’re queer, the importance of friends in dating, a-traditional proposals and more!

“So many people struggle with getting out of their head and into their body during sex.”

In which we answer the age-old queer question. How long do you wait after a breakup before hooking up with other people?

Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.

As always, Caroline’s relationships are given equal weight with everyone else’s, and her cagey responses to questions about her love life show she’s got her eye on someone.

“I’m experiencing a debilitating bout of professional jealousy for another (deserving) woman, and I’m having a hard time with it. I wonder if there are any books that focus on this regrettable phenomenon?”

2020 was terrible in every way except for queer books. There were so many amazing queer books published this year! Here are 67 of the best of them.

“Ok someone had previously asked if Autostraddle was going to write a piece on How To Build a Sex Room and I did not realize it was a SHOW I just thought someone was requesting extremely specific DIY content?????”

Our anger can be a tool of resistance in a post-pandemic world. Instead of burying or relinquishing it, we should learn to use it.

We met when I was 16 and she was 17. We weren’t dating, but we might as well have been. I’ve been thinking about her more than usual lately, ever since I found myself obsessed with Yellowjackets.

Career anxiety, dating after sexaul assault, consent and polyamory and more!

What do you do with your facial hair, how do you make friends in your 30’s, where is your motivation these days, how do you cope with your wife breaking things off, with an unhealthy friendship, with changes in your sexuality? The team answers these questions and so many more!