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WNBA Stars Dijonai Carrington and Jackie Young Are Dating, Data Suggests

As the WNBA season draws closer, the WNBA gossip machine makes a triumphant return with the delightful love story of…

Riese

Apr 8, 2026

sports

The 2024 WNBA Season According to the People Who Love It — and Are Hoping for a Better Future

A look back at this groundbreaking 2024 WNBA season — the good and the bad — from some of the journalists, filmmakers and creators who were part of the conversation this…

Riese

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Oct 21, 2024

sports

NWSL Reality Show ‘The Offseason’ Debuts With 3 Lesbians, 1 Miami Castle With a Broken Elevator

In the season premiere of women’s soccer reality TV show ‘The Offseason’, Taylor Smith considers catching and preparing fish for the whole group.

Riese

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Oct 18, 2024

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

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WNBA Stars Dijonai Carrington and Jackie Young Are Dating, Data Suggests

The 2024 WNBA Season According to the People Who Love It — and Are Hoping for a Better Future

NWSL Reality Show ‘The Offseason’ Debuts With 3 Lesbians, 1 Miami Castle With a Broken Elevator

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

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