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Michael Imperioli on instagram captions a photo with: " Verified dear brothers, sisters and siblings. fear not, be strong and don’t let the bastards grind you down. love you."
First Person

Let Me Be in My Queer Italianx Feelings for a Minute

It was a simple post. So simple and, in the grand scheme of it all, not super meaningful, and yet, I teared up.

Stef Rubino March 28, 2023 18 Comments
A four-photo collage of Hacks, Damages, Dare Me, and Unreal
TV Feature

I’ll Watch Anything With a Toxic Mentor/Mentee Dynamic

These are people who want to undo each other.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 28, 2023 14 Comments
photo 1: album artwork for the musical artist Oompa, featuring Black hands wearing a gold watch against a blue sky and colorful nails and gold rings that spell out UNBOTHERED. photo 2: album sartwork that reads QUARTZ in pink letters and features four cartoon people in black and white. photo 3: album artwork featuring the word LOST in all caps with a person standing in a field. photo 4: album artwork for FAINT SHAPE, featuring pink flowers against a beige background.
Music

Underrated Queer Artists Who Should Be in Your Rotation

All of the artists on this playlist have less than 10,000 monthly listeners, with many having less than 100 in total.

danijanae March 28, 2023 9 Comments
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Puzzles

Picdoku: Generation O(riginal Cast)

Nostalgia! Free and legal nostalgia!

Sally March 28, 2023 9 Comments
A collage of the eight couples remaining in the 2023 Autostraddle March Madness tournament. The tournament's logo, in white, overlays the collage.
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2023: Trope-y Wives – Elite 8

Bring on the chaos!

Natalie March 27, 2023 5 Comments
riese is drawn in an MS paint style in three different poses. On the left, she smiles and holds carol, her chihuahua, on the right she leans forward and grins at the viewer, and in the center, she puts her hand to her face in a smart and contemplative pose. riese is a blonde person who is tall.
Community

Is it Gay?

Shows tend to debut with gay men who clearly identify as such and do incredibly slow burns for the self-discovery or reveal of gay women.

Riese March 27, 2023 25 Comments
Lady Gaga is seen on the set of "Joker: Folie a Deux" on March 25, 2023 in New York City.
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Looks Like Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn Will Be Bisexual

Trace Lysette’s new feature film, three of the Elite Eight women’s coaches are gay, why queer cartoons are more important than ever, and more!

Heather Hogan March 27, 2023 6 Comments
Zoe Whittall has blunt blonde bangs with straight hair past her shoulders and wears a black tee that says VAG on it as well as a jean jacket. There's a green truck behind her.
Book Features First Person

Send Me to Low Femme Paradise

The problem of having to have a body in the world again.

Zoe Whittall March 27, 2023 7 Comments
a Black person's hand reaches out holding white flower's on a postcard-like image with a stamp of a black and red butterfly and the words THANK YOU, EX! printed on it
Breakups First Person

Thank You, Ex: For (1) Set of Ghost Hands

I don’t like to think about the endings, which is probably why I’m always haunted, always clinging to things that return even when I should pretend I do not see them.

A. Tony Jerome March 27, 2023 4 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Can’t Define It, But Knows It When She Sees It

What did the big flower say to the little flower?

brooke March 27, 2023 7 Comments
The Shondaland characters Teddy Altman, Maya Bishop, Carina Deluca, Tegan Price, Annalise Keating, Kai Bartley, Arizona Robbins, and Callie Torres
Quizzes

Quiz: Survive These Increasingly Dramatic Soap Opera Plots, I’ll Tell You Which Shondaland Gay You Are

If there is one thing that Broader Shonda Rhimes Universe is gonna do, it’s throw someone through a plane.

Carmen Phillips March 26, 2023 36 Comments
Cover of Haggadah Min HaMeitzar. It includes the Yachatz silk painting with three vertical matzot where one looks like the earth split into two. It also includes the text "Haggadah Min HaMeitzar A Seder Journey to Liberation by Gabriella Spitzer."
Jewish Holidays

The Traditional and Radical Queer Haggadah I Wanted Didn’t Exist — So I Wrote It Myself

Nowadays, I ask, “how can my queerness deepen my Judaism, and how can my Judaism deepen my queerness?” Haggadah Min HaMeitzar is one answer to that question.

G March 26, 2023 13 Comments
collage of Gen Q BTs photos
The L Word: Generation Q

“L Word: Generation Q” Cast Reacts To Show’s Cancellation With Love, Gratitude, Cute Pics and Some Light Shade

Following yesterday’s announcement of the cancellation of The L Word: Generation Q, cast members are posting some pretty adorable tributes on instagram!

Riese March 26, 2023 11 Comments
The 16 ships part of the Autostraddle March Madness Sweet 16
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2023: Trope-y Wives – Sweet 16

As usual, you’ve got 48 hours to cast your ballots in the Sweet 16. Remember, this year, you can vote four times over the voting period!

Natalie March 25, 2023 5 Comments
Out of drag, Mistress laughs with her new drag daughter, Ms. Ting. Ms. Ting is in a rainbow sweatshirt and has purple hair.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1513 Recap: Class In Session

The guest judge this week is Hayley Kiyoko, who shares the fun fact that she was in love with her first grade teacher Ms. Spear.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 25, 2023 8 Comments
In a two panel comic, in shades of twilight purple and yellow, Baopu — an Asian person with red hair — snuggles their cat in bed.
Webcomics

Baopu #110: Twilight Hours

A poetic feeling in the hour of the in-between.

Yao Xiao March 25, 2023 16 Comments
The Autostraddle logo (AS) has been situated inside a tiny crossword grid to the left, and colorful crossword-like puzzle is the right near a pen, all on the A+ lavender background
AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Has a Hair Appointment This Afternoon

Why do we put candles on top of birthday cakes?

brooke March 25, 2023 9 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Definitely Not Cannibals

“Loved this and love being part of the cool club of Black queers obsessed with sad white man music!”

Darcy March 24, 2023 3 Comments
The Rookie: Feds - Simone raises a skeptical eyebrow as Naomi sits down next to her and tries to intoce her to the fine art of knitting. Simone is sitting on the left side of the couch, wearing a soft tee and cotton cardigan while Naomi wears a black jacket, a barely visible white shirt and black pants.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Give Us Our Queer Friends to Lovers Story, “The Rookie: Feds”!

Plus! Updates on How I Met Your Father, Good Trouble, All American, and The Watchful Eye.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
March 24, 2023 6 Comments
a gorgeous layout of the Finding the Fool book which is a gradient blue to purple with moon phases on it, set against a background of color coordinating tarot cards and crystals
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Book Features

Meg Jones Wall on Queer, Expansive Tarot

“What if we just let all of these cards have gender neutral pronouns and we break them free from these gender binaries and let them be every archetype?”

Nico March 24, 2023 6 Comments
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