Juneteenth: A Celebration Syllabus
Just as the Emancipation Proclamation meant nothing to the people who its message hadn’t yet spread to, Juneteenth reminds us that it takes work and time for the joy of liberation to reach everyone.
S L I C K: Constellations #4 Puppy Pile
Paige leaned back into Bennett. Lauren kissed down her throat and on to her collarbone, little nips and sucks on her skin. “Lauren wants to suck you off,” Paige whispered to Bennet. “Don’t you, Lauren.”
That’s So Raven Symoné Actually Got Gay Married
Congratulations to Mrs. Raven Symoné Pearman Maday and Mrs. Miranda Maday Pearman. Y’all really did that. I hope your honeymoon at Disneyland is one for the ages.
Principles of Pride: The Riot Black and Indigenous Trans People Deserve
I want the world to no longer assume ownership of our bodies, but we cannot do that without land. Decolonizing the land itself is not only crucial but necessary for a liberated future in which everyone’s body belongs to themselves.
How to Start a Mutual Aid Fund
I know that collective care is the future because it has made my past and present possible. We must acknowledge that mutual aid is not original—or optional—for chronically dispossessed people and therefore, always already political.
My Top 10 Favorite Lesbian Films: Drew Gregory
If love is going to exist — which, ugh, I guess it does — then it’s going to exist within the messiness of our lives. It’s going to exist alongside our families and our cultures and our hopes and our fears. It’s going to be hard and it’s going to take risk.
24 Actions You NEED to Take to Help Trans Women of Color Survive
This isn’t just exhausting. This is intergenerational trauma, oppression, and maybe even genocide. This violence is specifically targeted against black and brown women, gender non-conforming folks, and especially trans women of color.
The “One Day at a Time” Animated Special Met the Pandemic’s Challenge With Signature Heart
It’s quintessential One Day at a Time: affirming in a way that few other shows could be, affirming in a way that few others strive to be.
Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart To Play Princess Diana Because Why Not
Topics also include Carly Usdin is producing a Pride podcast you’ll want to watch, queer actress Devery Jacobs queering up her role in The Order, a documentary about a lesbian Cantopop star, and more.
No Filter: Here For Janelle Monáe’s 2 Hat Revolution
Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey are starting a podcast! Kristen Kish and Padma Lakshmi are matching! Hayley Kiyoko is good at signs!
Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It
“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.
24 Sex Toys for the Horny, Lonely, and Self-Isolating
Who says getting it on by yourself isn’t as fun as partnered sex? Pick up a few of these toys and enjoy getting to know your body! I know I will!! Happy masturbating!
My Top 10 Television Shows: Valerie Anne, Superqueero Head Girl
Wynonna Earp is funny and smart and full of found family feels, which I suppose is how it led me to my smart, funny found family.
Also.Also.Also: Fiona Apple Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Is, Tells Hollywood to Redistribute Wealth
Fiona Apple is out here doing it. Also: Rep. Ilhan Omar, Angela Davis, and Shea Couleé. Thinking about what it means to be young, Black, and in the Trayvon Martin Generation. The WNBA is back in action. And more!
Principles of Pride: Sex Work Is Real Work, Sex Workers Are Fucking Revolutionary
A free world for sex workers would be a free world for people’s bodies, desires, and pleasures — that is to say, a world worth fighting for.
10 Ways You’ve Told Us You’re Celebrating Pride This Year
Between canceling corporate parades and parties because of coronavirus and showing up for Black Lives Matter marches, demonstrations, and direct actions, June feels a little different this year – in a really good way. Here’s how y’all are celebrating Pride Month in 2020.
How Do You Plan for Transition in a Pandemic-Related Economic Depression? Financial Advisors Have Some Thoughts
The COVID-19 quarantine, which now, perhaps, connotes to be known as a period of extended doldrums for gender transitioning adults across America, has produced its share of coping mechanisms.Autostraddle caught up with two financial advisers who serve transgender clients, Timothy LaPean and Hans Heath.
15,000 Stand Up For Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn, Show Us What Pride Month Should Always Look Like
Over 15,000 people turned up for the Brooklyn Liberation Action for Black Trans Lives this past weekend and these are the best photographs I have ever seen.
Pop Culture Fix: A Coming Out Party for Chyler Leigh and Lili Reinhart!
Topics include Chyler Leigh and Lili Reinhart coming out, Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan playing lesbian lovers in “Ammonite,” updates on Batwomans’s fate, a new trailer for “The Politician,” and more.
Living While Black, Queer and Sometimes Mistaken for Male
My white queer friends don’t know why it’s such a big deal for them to not do any of the stupid and obviously illegal things they tend to do if I’m the one behind the wheel.