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Gentleman Jack’s Guide to Flirting With Ladies of Fortune

Plan a whole future together, as dearest friends. Why not? You’ve nearly kissed, once! You’ve spent a handful of hours together! It’s time to book passage on a ship!

Darcy May 15, 2019 86 Comments
TV Feature

Fleabag’s First Season Captures the Trauma of Being a Woman

“When it first came out I loved the show for its humor, for its raw portrayal of depression and grief, and because, like any rational person, I’m deeply in love with Phoebe Waller-Bridge. But it wasn’t until about a year into my transition that the show started consuming my thoughts.”

Drew Burnett Gregory May 9, 2019 20 Comments
TV Feature

30 Alternatives to “I Want You to Run Me Over With a Car,” Courtesy of Villanelle from “Killing Eve”

12. Punch me in line for prison cabbage

Rachel April 30, 2019 22 Comments
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Potential Trend Alert: Anne Lister Collected Her Ex-Lovers’ Pubic Hair, Kept Them In Lockets

“She soon gave me the golden lock – threw herself on the chair by me. We wept (& kissed).”

Heather Hogan April 29, 2019 25 Comments
TV Feature

Juliana Valdés of “Amar a Muerte” Is the National Champion of Coming Out Stories!

“This isn’t wrong. Love is not a perversion, okay? And you know what? This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever felt in my whole life.”

Natalie April 19, 2019 14 Comments
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Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out Final

You have 48 hours to vote for the WINNER!

Natalie April 16, 2019 19 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Final Four

You have 48 hours left to vote your faves through to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF COMING OUT STORIES!

Natalie April 12, 2019 19 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Elite 8

You have 48 hours to vote your faves through to the Final Four!

Natalie April 9, 2019 9 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Sweet 16

You have 48 hours to get your faves to the Elite 8!

Natalie April 5, 2019 19 Comments
TV Feature

“Sex Education” Taught Me How to Masturbate

“I wanted to be single so I could explore my sexuality. Instead I was exploring other people’s.”

Drew Burnett Gregory April 4, 2019 21 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Round 2

You have 48 hours to vote for your faves to advance to the Sweet 16!

Natalie April 2, 2019 15 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: International

You have 48 hours to vote for your faves!

Natalie March 29, 2019 24 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Grown

There’s nothing like a good old, grown up coming out story! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

Natalie March 27, 2019 14 Comments
TV Feature

Natalie Morales on Playing a Revolutionary Bisexual Bartender on “Abby’s” and Sharing the Stage With Squirrels

“It’s so important to tell stories about marginalized people, but if we tell stories that reduce them always and only to the ways they’re marginalized, it just perpetuates the problem.”

Heather Hogan March 27, 2019 6 Comments
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Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Baby Gays

The Baby Gays have been revealed! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

Natalie March 26, 2019 9 Comments
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Classics

Hope you’re feeling nostalgic! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

Natalie March 25, 2019 18 Comments
TV Feature

“Gentleman Jack”: 9 Facts About Lesbian Legend Anne Lister to Know Before HBO’s Miniseries

Get to know the original Shane McCutcheon!

Heather Hogan March 20, 2019 26 Comments
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How Not to Throw a Birthday Party, According to Lesbian TV’s Worst Parties

“Play to everyone’s culinary strengths, know your nemeses, and make sure all your guests are familiar with poison-free alternatives to food with poison in them.”

Heather Hogan February 26, 2019 10 Comments
TV Feature

Russian Doll’s Rebecca Henderson on Lizzy, Love and Working With Her Wife

Rebecca Henderson doesn’t just play gay; she’s a real-life lesbian who also happens to be married to Russian Doll co-creator/writer/director Leslye Headland.

Heather Hogan February 21, 2019 13 Comments
TV Feature

A Brief History of Lesbian Sex on TV: From Late Night Hair-Brushing to Primetime Scissoring

With Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education landing on Netflix, it feels like the perfect time to gather our TV Team and talk about sex on TV, specifically queer sex on TV, and its evolution over these many years.

The TV Team January 17, 2019 38 Comments
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