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Jukebox and Iesha flirt in Raising Kanan episode 305, "Brothers & Keepers"
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Raising Kanan Is Setting up a Peak 90s Black Girl Love Story

Coming out as a Black queer teen in the 90s can be messy business, but the connection between Iesha and Juke was genuine. And I think we have a Black love story in the making on our hands.

Carmen Phillips January 5, 2024 2 Comments
Monica AKA Reality Von Tease on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
TV Show Recaps

Monica Gave the Gays Everything They Want in the “Salt Lake City” Finale

A thrilling secret villain reveal proves Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is just like a daytime soap.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 5, 2024
Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto
LGBT Book Reviews

The U.S. Occupation of Hawaiʻi Haunts the Pages of This Extraordinary Short Fiction Collection

It’s beautifully constructed from start to finish, and while the stories will get under your skin, it’s a welcome invasion.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 5, 2024 2 Comments
a blue broken heart with eyes crying jewel tears
Breakups

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 5, 2024 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword *Is* an Internet Subculture

What does a clock do when it’s hungry?

Emet Ozar January 5, 2024 2 Comments
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Sex

Things I Do To Feel Submissive Even Though My Partner Isn’t Super Dominant

There’s room for ‘incompatibilities’ if we find mutually supportive ways to manage them.

Summer Tao January 4, 2024 5 Comments
picture of gabrielle korn flanked by the book cover for "yours for the taking"
Book Features

“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”

“I feel like so much of the theme of ‘straight women idealizing women’ just came from my dark times in women’s media. This idea that if you have a space that’s just women that it’s somehow superior — that just became so funny to me!”

Riese January 4, 2024 8 Comments
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Movie Lists

Actresses Born Before My Grandma Ranked by How Badly I Want Them to Top Me

I am a sucker for a mid-atlantic accent and a beauty in black and white.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 4, 2024 22 Comments
a queer person with purple curly hair toasts with a glass of champagne and wears a denim jacket
Food Lists

25 Dishes for Hosting a Fancy Gay Dinner Party That Are Low Effort and Cost

Apps, soups/salads, mains, sides, and desserts that won’t break the bank or your back.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 4, 2024 8 Comments
Mariana sits on her therapist's couch and recounts the trauma she's experienced.
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 511 Recap: Imagining the Past, Looking to the Future

Good Trouble thrives when it focuses on its chosen family and invests its energy in building the relationships between those characters.

Natalie January 4, 2024 1 Comment
Renee Rapp and Coco Jones New Year's Rocking Eve performance: The singers are facing toward each other while performing their single "Tummy Hurts (remix)"
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Reneé Rapp and Coco Jones New Year’s Performance Is Living in My Head Rent Free

In case you missed it, queer artists like Reneé Rapp, Janelle Monáe, and Cardi B really gayed up New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. Also, Jodie Foster on True Detective, noted bisexual Kate Siegel on recasting Roderick in The Fall of the House of Usher and more!

Valerie Anne January 3, 2024 3 Comments
TV Feature

Vote Now in the 6th Annual Autostraddle TV Awards!

Welcome to the 2023 Autostraddle TV Awards! These awards celebrate the best in LGBTQ+ television and beyond.

The TV Team January 3, 2024 23 Comments
A trans guy's guide to the men's bathroom: A line of men at at urinals, one man turns around to look at the camera and Gabe's smiling face has been poorly photoshopped over his.
Gender

A Trans Guy’s Guide to the Men’s Bathroom

2) Men do not lock the door.

Gabe Dunn January 3, 2024 21 Comments
1. Renee Rapp in a fuzzy pink hat sipping out of a mug that says WHORE. 2. Renee Rapp's album cover. 3. Renee Rapp behind the scenes at a photoshoot
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Reneé Rapp Had a Pretty Banging 2023

Meanwhile, the Betts had a better day one of 2024 than I will probably ever have, but bless them!

Christina Tucker January 3, 2024 1 Comment
a notepad that says NEW YEAR NEW ME with an alarm clock and pen
Comedy Holigays

13 New Years Resolutions You’re Welcome To Steal

I don’t know when we normalized asking people what their worst habits are, but at some point, we did and now we do it every year! I hate it!

ashni January 3, 2024 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is a Messy Breakup Connoisseur

Did you see the new documentary about beavers?

Rebecca Goldstein January 3, 2024 2 Comments
Survival Takes a Wild Imagination by Fariha Róisín
LGBT Book Reviews

“Survival Takes a Wild Imagination” Shows How the Labor of Liberation Makes Us Better

Through her newest collection of poetry, Fariha Róisín explores her experiences as a queer, Muslim, Bangladeshi woman trying to heal from a childhood of abuse and the pain of generational trauma.

Stef Rubino January 2, 2024
an array of diverse children's book titles
Politics + Activism

This Bookstore Is Giving Banned Books Back to the Florida Community They Were Removed From

A school district in Florida expunged thousands of LGBTQ and BIPOC kids books. This radical anarchist bookstore is giving them back.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 2, 2024 4 Comments
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Breakups

You Need Help: I’m Not Sure I Want To Be Friends With My Ex

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to lean into your gut feeling.

Em Win January 2, 2024 6 Comments
A group of queer-looking friends light sparklers with big smiles.
Holigays

New Year’s Resolutions Can Be Fun Actually

If you want to work out more, that’s great. But it’s also great if what you want is to watch every episode of the original Twilight Zone or dedicate more time to long masturbation sessions.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 2, 2024 5 Comments
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