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The book "The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend" is repeated three times in a row. The cover is hot pink and the font of the title is done like old English characters.
LGBT Book Reviews

“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend” Is a Goddamn Delight

“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend: Advice on Queer Dating, Love, and Friendship” is helpful, funny, aesthetically pleasing, and very very queer. In short? This book is a goddamn delight!

By Vanessa | May 4, 2021 | 3 Comments
Two lesbians hold hands while laughing and sitting down. One lesbian is a brunette with a green mug and a grey shirt, one is a blonde with a flannel shirt.
Friendship

You Need Help: How Do I Feel More Connected to the Lesbian Community?

This community would be so boring if we all had the same stories. And there’s no such thing as the “right” queer story.

By Valerie Anne | May 4, 2021 | 21 Comments
This poster reads, "The Future of Comedy is Female. An FX Original Documentary. Hysterical." It features illustrations of well-known female comedians against a teal background.
Movie Reviews

“Hysterical” Focuses Almost Exclusively on Cis White Women in Comedy, and Misses the Mark

Hysterical operates under the assumption that the experiences of women in comedy are universal. But in a documentary that overwhelmingly features white cis women, there’s little room left to explore what comedy is like for women who hold multiple marginalized identities.

By Ro White | May 4, 2021 | 4 Comments
Gal Gadot cut out and pasted against bisexual lighting.
Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Gal Gadot’s Gonna Star in a Queer Sci-Fi Movie Adaptation of “Meet Me in Another Life”

Ginny & Georgia’s Humberly Gonzalez is queer, will Supergirl spin-off?, Janet Mock’s Pose premiere speech, Days of Our Lives has a gay week ahead, and more!

By Heather Hogan | May 3, 2021 | 10 Comments
Legends of Tomorrow recap: Ava Sharpe looks hungover in her punk look.
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 601 Recap: Close Encounters of the Gay Kind

The Legends are back and gayer than ever with a lesbian clone on a mission to save her bisexual assassin girlfriend who was kidnapped by a queer alien.

By Valerie Anne | May 3, 2021 | 15 Comments
Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton and Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore
TV Show Recaps

“Batwoman” Episode 212 Recap: It’s the Batsignal, Not a Pager

At Crow headquarters, Sophie is doing that thing you do when you have a crush on someone and you can’t stop thinking about them so you stare at their photo and compare it with a masked vigilante’s and wonder how you never realized they had a secret identity and somehow that makes you love them more.

By Nic | May 3, 2021 | 9 Comments
Two women stare at each other suggestively; one is seated and looking up, the other is kneeling above her looking down. The words Poly Probs are printed on top of the image.
Relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make My Primary Partner Have More Fun?

Stop trying to make your vanilla partner more kinky!

By DaemonumX | May 3, 2021 | 9 Comments
Graphic on top: Adele, Dawn Denbo, Billy Blakie. Row 2: Cherie, Candace, Peggy Peabody
Quizzes The L Word

Which L Word Side Character Are You?

Not everybody can be a Bette or a Tina or a Jenny. Some people need to look in the mirror and accept their inner Dawn Denbo.

By Riese | May 2, 2021 | 50 Comments
Daddy Ashley
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Sunbathing Naked

Nude beaches around the world, how to have good sex in small spaces, BDSM’s liberatory potential and more.

By Ryan Yates | May 2, 2021 | 4 Comments
3-part graphic: denise kissing her girlfriend on master of none, fran and her girlfriend laughing on the couch in "shrill", paula pell as a grown up girl-band member in "girls 5eva"
Movie Lists TV Lists

May 2021: Here’s What’s New and Gay on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, HBO Max and Peacock

Lena Waithe’s season of “Master of None,” a grown-up girl band with a lesbian singer, Shrill’s third season, a big drop of lesbian films onto Hulu and so much more!

By Riese | May 1, 2021 | 11 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for May 2021: What Assumptions Should Your Sign Question This Month?

May offers us a chance for deepening into rest and joy, while challenging us to stay curious about our assumptions.

By Corina Dross | May 1, 2021 | 4 Comments
Collage of our staff surrounded by nature. For example, Kayla is in a bikini with palm trees behind her; Dani is in her home holding a bouquet; Carmen is lying in some lush grass; Heather is near some tulips. Some are wearing masks outdoors, some are inside their homes. It's real cute because it's spring!
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 79, April 2021

How Well Do You Really Know Your Sex Bench? Take This Quiz to Find Out.

By Carmen Phillips | April 30, 2021 | 10 Comments
Preach and Coop share words before she performs a spoken word piece at the vigil for Tamika Pratt, this week on All American.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: If This Is How All American Honors Black Women, They Can Keep It

And updates on 911, Top Chef, New Amsterdam, and Nancy Drew.

By The TV Team | April 30, 2021 | 10 Comments
Home Economics lesbian couple Denise and Sarah share a laugh.
TV Reviews

“Home Economics” Has a Lesbian Couple and Mostly Relatable Family Hijinks

It’s very obvious early on that there’s a queer person in the writers’ room when Denise suggests looking at photos of Cate Blanchett in suits as a way to cheer Sarah up.

By Nic | April 30, 2021 | 6 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Paws Up for Prancer

“Does Girls Out of Hell describe the women I read about or me who intrigue me, live in my head rent free, and continuously pull me in like a moth to flame? Hell yeah!”

By Darcy | April 30, 2021 | 6 Comments
Post-Pandemic Lesbian Fashion: There are four people in jeans against a white background in this collage. The first is a femme person in black straight leg jeans, the next is a person with shoulder length hair in wide length pants, the third is a close up of light blue jeans in a flare, and the last are black cropped capri jeans.
Queer Fashion Shopping

So You Want to Remember What Clothes Are? Here’s a Guide to Updated Basics

Have you recently found yourself staring into the vast abyss that is your closet or dresser or (let us be honest) floor, wondering what on earth clothes are? How do they go on a body? Why do they go on a body? Have no fear, the “So You Want To…” column is here!

By Christina Tucker | April 30, 2021 | 55 Comments
Hannah Gadsby got married in January, and this is her wife Jenney. They are eating ice cream together inside on a sunny day against wood paneled walls.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Hannah Gadsby Secretly Got Married When You Weren’t Looking!

Radical moms who love their lesbian daughters, during our great national drought a new lesbian bar is opening in DC (!!!), Elliot Page on growing up trans, and seriously — stop spending time on the things you hate.

By Carmen Phillips | April 29, 2021 | 10 Comments
"What's going on with anti-trans bills? Updated! April 29.
Gender Politics + Activism

What’s Going On with Anti-Trans Legislation Targeting Youth?

An illustrated breakdown of the over 100 bills in state legislatures restricting trans youth’s access to healthcare and sports.

By Will Betke-Brunswick | April 29, 2021 | 11 Comments
A collage of four good first date movies for lesbians from the list: The Prom, The Half of It, Ocean's 8, Rafiki
Movie Lists

25 Good First Date Movies for Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Queers

Good first date movies for lesbians haven’t always been easy to come by, what with all the death and dismemberment—but now there are dozens! Dozens!

By Heather Hogan | April 29, 2021 | 2 Comments
Katee Sackhoff as Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
TV Feature

I Still Can’t Believe Anyone on “Battlestar Galactica” Was Straight

The show with the most chaotic bisexual energy should have featured a lot more bisexual chaos.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | April 29, 2021 | 85 Comments
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