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News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What Does It Mean That the House Passed the Equality Act?

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #29: Feeling Inexperienced While Dating in Your 40’s, and More!

A collage of three sitcoms from the list: Khadijah from Living Single, Jo from The Facts of Life, and Dorothy from The Golden Girls.

Television

’80s and ’90s Sitcom Characters, Ranked by Lesbianism

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Sex + Relationships

31 Reasons Why It’s Fine That We’re Single in a Pandemic, Thanks!

Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne kiss in a bathtub

Vapid Fluff

Love Is a Lie: A Vapid Fluff Timeline of Heartbreak

A person is wearing headphones and looking really grumpy

Playlist: That Love Was a Lie

Three people sit in socially distanced chairs, wearing masks as signs above their heads indicate they're in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What in the World Is Happening with the Vaccine Rollout?

Ilana from Broad City cries in the arms of her therapist

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #28: Coping with Trumper In-Laws, Dating as a Demisexual, and More!

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What We’re Seeing on COVID-19 and Accountability So Far from Biden’s Administration

A woman sitting on a hardwood floor browses Bumble on her phone.

Sex + Relationships

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline

Indira Dadyshue of the Bojack Horseman cartoon gives therapy

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #27: A Pattern of Growing Tired of Dating Cis Men

Sex + Relationships

How to Honestly Tell When It’s Time to Break Up

Sex + Relationships

What We’ve Learned About Dating & Relationships During the Pandemic

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Untangling the Staggeringly Long List of Culpable Parties for the Insurrection

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The Truth About Cats & Dogs: How Our Pets Have Played Into Our Gay Dating Drama

A character from anyone but me sits for therapy

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Into the A+ Advice Box #26: Working Through Shame Around Kink

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Straddleverse

Tell Me Something Good Please I’m Begging You: A 2020 Roundtable

A close-up shot in dramatic lighting of a US-treasury-branded check mixed in among a pile of fresh bills in US currency.

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Making Sense of What’s Actually Happening with the Stimulus Package

Several of the Autostraddle team, Kamala, Nicole, Rachel, Riese, Malic, Sarah, Laneia, Molly, Vanessa, Carmen are posed in various mid-dance poses.

Day 13 Is Here and We’re Dancing For You

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The Best (and Worst) Gifts our Exes Ever Gave Us

Niecy Nash portrays Dr. Jamie Ryan on Never Have I Ever, a therapist. She sits in a chair with a notebook. This image has the 13 Days of A+ treatment with a lavender background.

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #25: How Do You Explore Your Gender When Privacy Is Scarce?

Can You Make Stuffing Into an Edible?! Join Us TODAY for an A+ Holigay Cooking AMA!

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Music

Snuggling With Our Sadness: A Cold Months Playlist by the Team

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News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Mourning Brandon Bernard and Casey Goodson Jr

A collage from the Bisexual Disney Characters list: Moana, Megara, Tramp, and Mulan.

Film

Disney Characters, Ranked by Bisexuality

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News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What Do We Actually Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout?

Sarah Paulson in American Horror Story looks concerned, maybe even deeply worried

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #24: How to Have Your Acrylic Nails And Do It All, Too

A brown-skinned person's hands with manicured nails hold a smart phone, scrolling through Lex posts.

Sex + Relationships

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Lex and Get Sexy With Words

Society + Culture

The Impulse Quarantine Purchases We’d 100% Buy Again

Straddleverse

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2020: Presents Produce Serotonin, Right? RIGHT???

A masked person in a baseball cap holds up a sign that reads 74 million Americans: you're fired! Stop tweeting and start packing!

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Some of the Changes We Can Already See as the Trump Era Drags On

Hen from the show 9-1-1 sits in a chair in an Adidas track suit, getting therapy, maybe some queer advice.

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #23: What If Your Partner Didn’t Tell You They Were Potentially Exposed to Covid?

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News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What The 2020 Election Says About America

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Period Pain, A Roundtable: On Cramps, Endometriosis, and Everything In Between

A closeup of an "I Voted" sticker on a bright yellow sweater being worn by a Black woman with shoulder-length natural hair

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: As the Dust Settles, Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far in the 2020 Election

Tasha and Alice from The L Word sit on a therapy couch!

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #22: Dating an Older Person, an Untenable Murder Cat Situation, and More!

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Sex + Relationships

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try TAIMI, a Whole Ass Social Media Network

Three styles of underwear from our roundtable.

Covering Our Butts: Let’s Talk About Underwear

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News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Everything Not the Election It’s Been Hard to Keep Up with

A still from the Netflix show The Politician depicts a gay student running for student president!

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Into the A+ Advice Box: US Politics Special Edition

2020 LGBTQ voting guide: A collage of 128 LGBTQ women and non-binary people running for office at the federal and state level

News + Politics

Autostraddle’s Comprehensive 2020 LGBTQ Voting Guide: Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Candidates, Ballot Measures and More!

Sally and Emma from Sally4Ever are sitting on a couch receiving therapy. The text reads "Into the A+ Advice Box"

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Into the A+ Advice Box #21: Crushing on Your (Probably) Straight Friend, and More!

a collage of 9 queer heads and bodies scattered across a peach background looking HOTT. all of these figures are posing to show off their current best iteration of themselves. the graphic style includes filters to that make all of the colors look brighter and deeper, and every figure has several versions of the same photo, stacked into a blur behind them.

Society + Culture

Coming Out Roundtable: Like A Can Of Pringles, Once You Pop The Fun Don’t Stop

A close-up backlit hand holds a tiny model of a COVID-19 virus against a backdrop that reads ELECTION 2020.

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: Where to Start, Trump’s Tax Avoidance or COVID Superspreading?

A hand of a white person with short, red-painted nails is holding a smartphone out in front of them; a whimsically illustrated pink menu that asks "Who are you interested in? Women/Men/Nonbinary and more"

Sex + Relationships

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try the XO Dating App So You Don’t Have to

Cheryl from Riverdale sits in a therapist's office looking consternated with her signature red hair and a fashionable outfit

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Advice

Into the A+ Advice Box #20: Reconsidering Your Perfectly Supportive Cis/Het Partner and More!

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Sex + Relationships

Let’s Talk About (Queer) Sex: Power Dynamics Are in the Eye of the Beholder

A range of pro-choice protest signs, the central one reading KEEP ABORTION LEGAL

News + Politics

Extra! Extra!: What Would Happen If We Did Lose Roe v. Wade? Let’s Talk About It

Society + Culture

Fashioned with New Language: A Conversation on Bisexual & Trans Shared Experience & Solidarity

Society + Culture

How Did We Get Here? 6 Bi People on Coming to Their Identity for Bi+ Week 2020

Sarah On Editor’s Notes: On Black History Month 2021 "carmen 😍 your moodboard is incredible and your notes made all the visuals SO MUCH BETTER. thank you for engaging…"

athens On Come Vibe with Me: Simple Sunday Goodbyes "I’ll miss this column but I’m also really glad that you’re able to recognize and acknowledge when it’s time to…"

Corvidae On Everything That Matters Is Stuck in the Back of My Throat "Carmen, thank you for this brilliant and tender piece of writing. I feel grateful that you’ve shared even just a…"

Kristen Arnett On Come Vibe with Me: Simple Sunday Goodbyes "Thank you so much for all of these, I have really loved them and I think we’re all so lucky…"

temp On Everything That Matters Is Stuck in the Back of My Throat "Carmen – grieving out loud messy, flat, in ellipsis is a gift. thank you. i have been having trouble crying…"

packratpat On Everything That Matters Is Stuck in the Back of My Throat "This is a beautiful tribute to your aunt. Thank you for sharing her with us. I’m so sorry for your…"

Jack On How Do You Scale a Personality Cult? "I’ve been thinking about this piece for a few days (and the similarities in trying to be paid for my…"

Pallas On Editor’s Notes: On Black History Month 2021 "So cool to have this look behind the scenes! And I want echo Lee’s comment – holy shit Carmen, what…"