In Remembrance of My Queer Nigerian Christmas
That Christmas with queer family reminded me that multiple possibilities exist even in the darkest of places.
Free, Last Minute Gifts You Can Find in Your Home Because You’re Poor, the Supply Chain Is Broken and Capitalism Will Inevitably Crumble
Need last minute gifts? You probably have stuff you can give away without making a dent in your bank account.
The Stories We Tell
One of my earliest memories, perhaps my earliest one, is watching the snow fall from the sliding glass doors to the balcony of the small apartment my family rented in a Boston suburb.
Finding Love in the Year of the Ox
On New Year’s Eve when the clock strikes midnight, the glimmering thoughts that slip across my mind are usually all variations on the same question: who have you been loved by this year?
The Gay Nightmare Before Christmas: A Holiday Fanfic of Disturbing Lesbian Movies
Consider this your break from happy endings and an opportunity for some gay yuletide catharsis.
Grief Is a Promise
The unthinkable can and will happen, but sorrow and loss are only splinters of what we can handle. The ritual is in the remembering.
Ground Yourself With a Five Step Ritual To Take Care of Your Inner Child
By convening with our inner-children as adults, we’re able to establish new holiday traditions to meet our own needs.
Holigay Quiz: What Entirely Made Up Gay Hallmark Christmas Movie Are You?
Consider all of these results my official pitches for absurd lesbian Christmas movies that should be made! Get at me, Hallmark!
“Everybody’s Fine” Is a Pretty Good Christmasy Movie With Three Minutes of Shane
This overlooked kinda-Christmas movie from 2009 features Drew Barrymore as the bisexual daughter of a telephone wire enthusiast who never takes his jacket off and also Kate Moennig is in it!
I Listen to Christmas Music 24/7 This Time of Year and You Can Too
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, aka time to play Christmas music literally at all hours. Be warned.
9 Witchy Alternatives to Traditional Holiday Movies
Any movie in which sisters reunite to kill bad boyfriends feels like Christmas to me, okay?
On Reconciliation, Reconnection, and Acceptance
Spending time in the kitchen and learning how to cook the comfort food of my childhood has helped me connect to my mother in ways I never expected.
Roundtable: Is There Anything Hot About the Holidays?
Many of us associate the holiday season with Very Unsexy Things. Is there anything we can do to make the holidays hot? Here’s what Autostraddle writers and editors have to say.
Say Hello to RITUALS, an Autostraddle End of Year Miniseries
The eight writers who contributed to this miniseries will share all sorts of rituals: rituals for love, rituals for grief, rituals for forgiveness, rituals for inner peace. My wish is that it will help us all feel somewhat less alone this December, more connected to our community, and more ready for whatever January 2022 delivers.
Quiz: Which Wintery Queer Book Should You Read This Holigay Season?
Whether or not you love the winter holiday season, Autostraddle’s resident lesbrarian has got some great reads for you this December! Just take this quiz and I will match you with an amazing queer book.
Tello’s “Christmas at the Ranch” Is a Welcome Horse Girl Holigay Rom-Com
Bonus: Literal patriarchal destruction! My grown-up Christmas wish!
Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy for Book Lovers (Other Than Books)
If it’s too much pressure to pick out a book for your literary pal, consider a creative display shelf, a customizable book planter, pressed flower bookmarks, and other presents that are bookish but not books!
There’s an Unexpected Lesbian in Hallmark’s “An Unexpected Christmas”
I love surprise lesbians, especially when they ruin Christmas for homophobes, so this little Hallmark movie was a hit for me!
Holigay Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers Under $20 for the Sweetheart Whose ‘Stocking’ You ‘Stuff’
Shops this list of toys and accessories that are under $20 and have yourself a hole-y night.
Classic Christmas Songs, Ranked by Lesbianism
The lyric “someday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow” is very Sappho if you know what I mean. I’ll take any opportunity to find the dyke root in any piece of media, so why not rank some holiday classics by how much lesbian energy they exude?