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A collage of the author, shea wesley martin, in four different pair of Chino pants, each in a gold picture frame. shea is a fat black nonbinary person with glasses and a fade haircut.
First Person Queer Fashion

Porkchop’s Odyssey: On Fatness, Transness, and Pants

This snapshot sits on a shelf in the back of my mind. I keep it in an album called “euphoria.” It includes moments – me in my first bowtie at my college graduation, me on my wedding day, me in the mountains with my first jean jacket. In each, I am myself.

shea wesley martin June 14, 2023 22 Comments
STRONG BACK LEAD instagram account posting Niecy Nash saying "Girl, you have done it again."
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Did Need To Hear This Motivational Moment From Niecy Nash — Perhaps You Do Too?

Also, simply love when Janet Mock logs on. I will even accept ads! I don’t care!

Christina Tucker June 14, 2023 1 Comment
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
LGBT Book Reviews

Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth

When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?

Stef Rubino June 14, 2023 1 Comment
Megan thee Stallion performing in front of a Pride flag.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “If You a Bad B*tch, You Just a Bad B*tch!” Happy Pride From Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion’s Pride performance is one for the record books, the fight for queer nightlife in an era of police violence, and why conservatives are so mad that Biden flew a Pride flag at the White House.

Carmen Phillips June 13, 2023 3 Comments
Dylan Meyer and Kristen Stewart leaning toward each other on the Oscars red carpet
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Movie News & Trailers

Kristen Stewart and Fiancée Dylan Meyer Are Going to Gay Third Base (Writing a Movie Together)

In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Kristen Stewart dropped the news she’s writing a “stoner girl comedy” with Dylan Meyer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 13, 2023 2 Comments
Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles watch as their jerseys are lifted to the rafters.
Sports

WNBA Week 3: Legends Honored and All-Star Voting Commences

Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles have their jerseys retired — and you don’t want to miss Carmen’s very gay Fits of the Week!

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
June 13, 2023 16 Comments
a queer white woman looking pensively into the distance. she has long blonde hair with a grown-out undercut on the sides. a brunette woman with a widow's peak is hugging her from behind.
Dating

You Need Help: How Do I Convince My Girlfriend That I Care?

It sounds like she’s looking for something you just can’t give her, and that’s okay. Your life is very full at the moment. It’s not too full for the right relationship, but it may be too full for THIS relationship.

Darcy June 13, 2023 6 Comments
a woman shouting into a megaphone with a fist in the air, surrounded by broken glass and yellow arrows
LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

Gay at Work: Queer People and the Labor Movement

All these movements, whether for Black liberation, queer liberation, abortion rights, affordable housing, or labor, are intimately connected, and the struggle of queer labor organizers makes that abundantly clear.

Daven McQueen June 13, 2023 6 Comments
LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

‘Be the Change’ Creates Network of Care in Tennessee Prisons

Be the Change offers programs inside like support groups for trans women, addiction and recovery support, and those facing lengthy or lifetime sentences.

Adrian June 13, 2023 4 Comments
Brittney Griner walks up the court at a Phoenix Mercury game.
Politics + Activism Sports

Brittney Griner Was Accosted at an Airport, the WNBA and Phoenix Mercury Failed To Protect Her

How did the Mercury and the WNBA allow this to happen? Because, given the media attention that’s been swirling around Griner since her return home, this was completely predictable.

Natalie June 12, 2023 14 Comments
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Sponsored

Sex Toys for Every Stage of Your Queer Summer Fling

Summer flings are best when paired with sex toys — Eve’s Toys is here to help.

Ro White June 12, 2023 2 Comments
Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee accept their Tony Awards
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Nonbinary Actors Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee Make Tony Awards History

Megan Rapinoe says Sue Bird is the greatest athlete ever, Beanie Feldstein and Bonnie Chance’s wedding pics, and more!

Heather Hogan June 12, 2023 8 Comments
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: (L-R) Reality TV personalities Lexi Goldberg and Mal Wright of the Netflix program "The Ultimatum: Queer Love" attends Outloud at Weho Pride 2023 at West Hollywood Park on June 03, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

What Are the Chaotic Queers of “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” Getting Up to Now?

We’ve got the scoop on who’s getting invited to the wedding, what Yoly told Mal before the reunion, who’s got a new girlfriend, how Vanessa feels about her edit and so much more.

Riese June 12, 2023 12 Comments
A close up image shows two light brown hands clasped together. One person wears a white shirt has short, unpolished nails. The other person wears a light blue sweatshirt and has slightly longer unpolished nails and black line tattoos on their fingers and palm.
Love + Sex

How to Have Sex With a Transmasculine Partner

Transmasc people have our own unique desires and boundaries in bed, just like everyone else.

Quinn Rhodes June 12, 2023 10 Comments
Eight romance tropes depicted in black and white photos against a purple and orange gridded background
Quizzes

Quiz: What Sapphic Romance Novel Trope Is Your Destiny?

As captain of Team Love Is Not a Lie here at Autostraddle, I thought I’d combine my affections and recent obsession and make a little quiz for you. 

Heather Hogan June 11, 2023 21 Comments
Book Features LGBT Pride

Kemi Adeyemi’s Feels Right Explores the Politics of Black Queer Nightlife

Adeyemi told me when we talked in May that she has long been “frustrated with writing about queer nightlife that really presents it as this utopian escape from everyday life.” “That’s a story, it’s not reality,” she argues. 

Lauren Herold June 10, 2023 1 Comment
A two panel comic of a queer person with blue hair who says “Finally! My credit card is paid off and I can can get a new tattoo as a treat! I have been wanting work from this artist for years! It’s time get sexier!” They are packing up a backpack with snacks and water.
Webcomics

Reine #48: New Tattoo

You KNOW I’m gonna get an A+ in getting a tattoo. My artist will be sooo impressed.

Ren Strapp June 10, 2023 1 Comment
In a dressing room at the wedding venue, Sol stands between her feuding cousins. Lily is on Sol's right, sitting down in a velvet chair wearing a white dress, and Jorge is to Sol's left, sitting in a green velvet chair wearing his tux (no jacket). Sol is in the center in a beautiful black and red gown.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “With Love” Knows Black Trans Femmes Deserve Happiness

Plus updates on How I Met Your Father, Nancy Drew, Class of 09, and Gotham Knights.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
June 9, 2023 5 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft LGBT Pride

How Is Your Zodiac Sign Celebrating Pride This Year?

How’s your zodiac sign celebrating Pride this year? This gay horoscope writer has the answers for horny Capricorns and watery Pisces alike.

Nico June 9, 2023 3 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Happy “Age of Pleasure”-Eve, Janelle Monáe Said Titties Out All Summer

“Age of Pleasure” tour tickets, the track listing, guest artists and everything else we know. Also: Everyone in Hollywood Elliot Page hooked up with, according to his memoir Pageboy.

Carmen Phillips June 8, 2023 10 Comments
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