PHOTOESSAY: Heavenly Bodies
Step into Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ ballroom scene with this photoessay.
‘My Crush Has a Boyfriend. How Do I Get Over Her and Stop Hating Him?’
Even though it doesn’t feel like it, these feelings will pass. What’s meant for you will come to you. In the meantime, dance/cry/sweat/scream it out.
The Married LA Parents Who Are Getting Off Up to 7 Times
These two started out as strictly hooking up for the sex, and now they’re finishing each other’s sentences. This is how they f*ck.
Pope Francis Invited Me Back to Catholicism
Growing up queer and Catholic my childhood was one defined by tension; I wanted to become both a bishop and a woman.
Meryl Wilsner Has Done It Again With This Friends-to-Lovers Romance With Killer Sex Scenes
In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.
What Does It Mean To Dream About Alien Abduction?
I’d like to start off by saying that I’m certain I dreamt of my ex at least once before I ever met or knew of them.
‘The Last of Us’ Episode 203 Recap: Wreckage and Funerals
Jackson is in mourning, Ellie is out for revenge, and Dina has a plan in this week’s episode that finds time for sapphic flirting amid the grief.
Maine, Minnesota, and Pedro Pascal Are Pushing Back on Trump’s Anti-Trans Attacks
This is the first edition of Trans News Tracker, a bi-weekly round-up of the most important news — good and bad — impacting trans and queer people in the U.S. (and abroad).
Jasmine Guillory’s First Sapphic Romance ‘Flirting Lessons’ Is a Fun Take on a Classic Trope
Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.
Quiz: Which Lesbian Beverage Are You?
Deep down in your soul are you a refined rocks glass of top shelf bourbon? Or are you more of a hot tea girlie? Perhaps you’re maniacally drinking an iced coffee right now, or cracking open a cool can of lightly flavored sparkling water. Well, it’s time to figure out what lesbian drink you truly are, once and for all!
In ‘Dying for Sex’, Lesbians Make Death a Little Less Scary
The show follows Molly (Michelle Williams), who sets out to have the horniest last five years of her life after she is diagnosed with terminal cancer, supported by a group of lesbians and Jenny Slate.
It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books
This year, Independent Bookstore Day feels especially important and fraught, as mega-retailer Amazon decided to throw one of its book sales at the same time.
Well, ‘Hacks’ Made Me Cry
At this point, I’ve experienced every emotion there is while watching Hacks.
Capitalism Is a B*tch, but I Can’t Help My Friends Anymore
Should you keep recommending your friends for jobs, when they keep dropping the ball? Also, we help a reader whose younger friend isn’t taking their dating advice.
‘Andor’ Is Set Up To Be the Greatest Star Wars Story Ever Told
If this first three-episode arc is anything to go by, Andor’s second (and final) season is not only set up to be thrilling, disturbingly relevant, gorgeously realized, and emotionally stirring television, but it also may end up being the single best story ever told in the Galaxy Far, Far Away.
‘On Swift Horses’ Is Worthy of Its Jacob Elordi and Daisy Edgar-Jones Gay Sex Scenes
On Swift Horses is an unconventional queer love story. The person Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones) first meets is not a lover, it’s not even a woman — it’s her soon-to-be brother-in-law Julius (Jacob Elordi).
‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Is Helen J. Shen’s Definitely Happy Beginning
“I feel like a year ago seems like a lifetime ago, even just in the journey of my own self-confidence and how much space I take up on a stage.”
The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
Welcome to the new AF+ encyclopedia with more than 375 films and features like favorites, wishlist, and organizing by genre.
‘Sinners’ Is a Black Musical
Most Indigenous Black music is rooted in that one thing: a singular shared pulse.
Apple TV+’s Best TV Shows With Queer Characters
Apple TV+ is one of the smaller streaming networks, but has slowly been building up its library behind its best known splashy, big-budget, high-concept, star-studded shows. Here’s your guide to what Apple TV+ has to offer when it comes to queer women and non-binary characters on its original programming.