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Unrivaled Basketball Season 2: Who All’s Gay in Tamper Bay?

Eight women’s basketball clubs will be battling it out in Florida this winter — here’s what to expect and who…

Natalie

Jan 5, 2026

sports

Why Is Boston’s New Women’s Soccer Team Ad Campaign So Transphobic and Bad

Excuse me but who decided that an ad campaign focused on the abundance of cis male genitalia in sports would be an effective method of promoting Boston’s new National Women’s…

Riese

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Oct 16, 2024

sports

The True Story Behind Sydney Sweeney and Katy O’Brian’s Queer Boxer Movie

Sydney Sweeney is set to play queer boxer Christy Martin in a movie based on the true story of her life, and Katy O’Brian is set to play her rival-turned-wife.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Oct 16, 2024

two women from the Olympic rowing team fist bump in the boat

sports

Meet the Queer Women of the US Olympic Rowing Team

“This was a really exciting Olympics for women,” Olympian Teal Cohen tells Autostraddle.

Audrey Black

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Sep 18, 2024

movie lists

A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows

It’s the U.S. Open, so let’s revisit some of the greatest (and worst) tennis movies, series, and scenes.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 30, 2024

sports

28 LGBTQ+ Women and Trans People Competing in the 2024 Paralympics

The 2024 Paralympics in Tokyo kick off this week, and we’ve found all the queer and trans athletes to watch — including the first trans woman to compete and the…

Natalie and Riese

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Aug 28, 2024

A group of queer smile as they bump into each other on a roller derby rink.

sports

You Have Texas Queers To Thank for Roller Derby

“The adrenaline rush from the sport is addictive in nature, but it’s the community that keeps you coming back.”

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Aug 26, 2024

sports

The Olympics Have Always Been a Battleground for Gender Panic

Once again, the conversation on sex testing women’s sports has blasted back into our international consciousness, and people are debating everything from the efficacy to the necessity to the injustices…

Stef Rubino

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Aug 13, 2024

PARIS, FRANCE: AUGUST 11: Brittney Griner takes a selfie of The United States team of Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Sabrina Ionescu, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, A'Ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Diana Taurasi, Jackie Young, and Alyssa Thomas as they celebrate with their gold medals after the Women's Basketball Medal Games at the Bercy Arena during the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on August 11th, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)

sports

55 LGBTQ+ Women Athletes Won Medals In the 2024 Paris Olympics

Over out LGBTQ+ women won medals in the 2024 Olympics — we ran, we hooped, we kicked, we swam, we rowed, we rugbied, we boxed, we fenced, we cycled, we…

Riese and Natalie

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Aug 12, 2024

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Unrivaled Basketball Season 2: Who All’s Gay in Tamper Bay?

Why Is Boston’s New Women’s Soccer Team Ad Campaign So Transphobic and Bad

The True Story Behind Sydney Sweeney and Katy O’Brian’s Queer Boxer Movie

Meet the Queer Women of the US Olympic Rowing Team

A Tennis Lesbian Power Ranks Tennis Movies and Shows

28 LGBTQ+ Women and Trans People Competing in the 2024 Paralympics

You Have Texas Queers To Thank for Roller Derby

The Olympics Have Always Been a Battleground for Gender Panic

55 LGBTQ+ Women Athletes Won Medals In the 2024 Paris Olympics

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