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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

Apr 29, 2026

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

The Latest

The Surprisingly Tender Trans Storyline in ‘Normal’

Film

3 Hours

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

Apr 29, 2026

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

Apr 29, 2026

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan canoodling in the film Ammonite. Ducky from The Land Before Time looks on adoringly.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Ammonite” Director Francis Lee Made Mary Anning a Lesbian to “Elevate” Her, Doesn’t Care What Straights Think

10 of the most stylish lesbian characters in cinema, Janelle Monáe on Antebellum and Chadwick Boseman, Brandi Carlile’s cover of Mad World is a real 2020 mood, Indya Moore’s NYFW…

Heather Hogan

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Sep 16, 2020

music

38 Amazing Queer Canadian Musicians You Should Know

“If this song sounds familiar, that’s because it and the band were on The L Word, in that episode where Shane shows up at Carmen’s work and they make out…

Casey

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Sep 16, 2020

Samira Wiley poses for a selfie in her mirror with a mask on. She is wearing a tie dye sweatshirt and growing out her signature haircut.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Samira Wiley Said “Be Cute and Wear a Mask!” We Agree.

Just Samira Wiley being a babe in tie-dye. Also: Hayley Kiyoko gets real about taking our meds, Chef Melissa King is positively crush worthy, and if we’re lucky — Janet…

Christina Tucker

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Sep 16, 2020

An illustration of two people on a social distance date outside. Both are wearing masks and sitting 6 feet apart, and one is holding the leash of a cute dog.

visual art

Pandemic Dating

Dating looks different now.

Sarah Mirk

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Sep 16, 2020

An abstract background of floating shapes and lines in a pastel palate of the bi flag colors, with the text EDITOR'S NOTES across the center

af+

Editor’s Notes: On Bi+ Week 2020

“I know we don’t ever get to stop thinking entirely about the annoying issues we have to keep re-litigating over and over, but I do want us to get to…

Rachel

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Sep 16, 2020

A woman holds her chin in her hands with a troubled expression while a myriad of hands point at her accusingly; the woman is depicted in black and white, floating in a background of soft blobs & shapes in the bi colors. In the upper left hand corner, a text box reads "Autostraddle Bi+ Week 2020"

society + culture

Unlearning Stigma This Bi+ Week

Stigma isn’t easy to overcome this. To a large extent, we can’t do it alone: we are social creatures, and we depend on developing and maintaining relationships with each other…

Christina Tesoro

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Sep 16, 2020

A still of Angelina Jolie from the movie "Maleficent." She is holding her finger to her mouth, as if to say "shhhhh" because she knows the reason that snakes don't need men for anything.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: A Python Laid 7 Eggs, Despite Not Having a Male Partner in Years. Let’s Go Lesbians!

Janelle Monáe’s “Turntables” now comes with a full music video, the radical queer publications of the 1970s, what do we do when the sky is Orange? And this is now…

Carmen Phillips

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Sep 15, 2020