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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

Apr 27, 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

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 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

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

A single drawn panel of two queers drinking an ice cold can of seltzer water. They both have short hair cuts and are wearing tank tops — one of them has their hair dyed blue. They are in front of a pink and cream background.

visual art

Reine #12: Take A Sip, Babes

Are you a “finish your seltzer” gay? Or a “let your seltzer get flat & warm and make your partner finish it for you” gay?

Ren Strapp

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Sep 5, 2020

television

“Lucifer” Season 5A: Everything Is Gay and Everything Hurts

The first half of Lucifer’s fifth season is heaven and hell for the gays.

Valerie Anne

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Sep 4, 2020

news

Extra! Extra!: In Which the Criminal Justice System Offers Justice for Who, Exactly?

This week’s Extra! Extra! brings us more news on abuses of power at all different levels of the criminal justice system. We also take another look at some of the…

the team

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Sep 4, 2020

health

Queer WNBA Players Smashed Records This Week

Also: Brittney Sykes and Seimone Augustus making the case that they belong on Pose.

Frankie de la Cretaz

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Sep 4, 2020

Theo from the Haunting of Hill House gives therapy and text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #18: Long-Distance Friendship, a Partner Who’s Afraid She’ll Marry a Man, and More!

Should you come out to your father who also has narcissistic personality disorder? What do you do with the digital remains of a relationship post-breakup? Navigating privilege, the pandemic and…

the team

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Sep 4, 2020

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

community

The Comment Awards Believe In Love and Claws

“Three seasons of watching Niecy Nash in those jumpsuits on ‘Claws,’ I feel like I willed this into existence.”

Darcy

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Sep 4, 2020

Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb pose together in their NYC apartment, and the cover of Pride At Work, the 100 page union organizing pamphlet they wrote together, is featured next to them

politics + activism

A Candid Conversation About Queers in the Labor Movement with Longtime Union Activists Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb

In 1990, Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb released Pride At Work, a booklet on organizing for gay and lesbian rights in the workplace. They spoke with Autostraddle about their lives,…

Lena Ruth Solow

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Sep 4, 2020

Janelle Monae looks handsome in new closely cropped red hair and big glasses. She's also wearing a blue suit in the sunshine.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: She’ll Be Making Passes at Janelle Monáe Wearing Glasses

It’s been a long, hard summer: here’s a photo of Janelle Monáe’s new haircut + glasses just because! Also: Monáe is starring in the new “Gloria” movie coming to Amazon…

Carmen Phillips

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Sep 3, 2020