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First Person Holigays

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?

By Katie Alafdal | December 16, 2021 | 3 Comments
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A+

Back To The Queer Future #3: Xolo Shenanigans

Can you help Frida round up the dogs so she can get back to finishing her classic queer painting Two Nudes in a Forest?

By Sally | December 16, 2021 | 10 Comments
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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Just for the Sake of It

The transformative power of queer breakups, exploring the ongoing trauma of the AIDS crisis, some 2021 faves, and more.

By Ryan Yates | December 16, 2021 | 3 Comments
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Webcomics

Foolish Child #110: Trauma Dump

“The trauma dump comes later, in the form of long and elaborate fan fiction.”

By Dickens | December 15, 2021 | 2 Comments
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Christmas Movie Lists

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.

By Drew Burnett Gregory | December 15, 2021 | 7 Comments
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Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Make Kate Bishop Gay, Hawkeye! This is RIDICULOUS!

Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, Ashlyn Harris, and Ali Krieger joined Off The Looking Glass this week; revisiting Fried Green Tomatoes three decades later; and Gotham Knights is on the way to the CW!

By Heather Hogan | December 15, 2021 | 13 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

The Watch List for Trans People Who Need a Smile This Holiday

Whether you want a distraction or a boost in serotonin, this list of films, series, and YouTube gems should keep you going through family time.

By xoai pham | December 15, 2021 | 3 Comments
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TV Lists

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2021

Love? Not a lie!

By The TV Team | December 15, 2021 | 11 Comments
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A+

Back To The Queer Future #2: Dapper Style Dilemma

Can you help Gladys pick the right outfit to galvanise her butch style before she makes her stage debut?

By Sally | December 15, 2021 | 11 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Am Always in a Place To Discuss a DAMN EAR CUFF ON SARA RAMIREZ BECAUSE IT IS DEEPLY HOT!!!!

Plus, one thing Laverne Cox is gonna do is dance in a gorgeous gown, Niecy Nash invented the color blue, and Black girls doing photoshoots in the ocean are top among my favorite things in life.

By Christina Tucker | December 15, 2021 | 3 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: End Your Day With the Top 10 Lesbian Longing Glances of 2021, Thank Us Later

How the unicorn became everything to everyone, help trans youth this holigay season with Transanta, and honoring the homoerotic mark of Anne Rice.

By Carmen Phillips | December 14, 2021 | 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

Candace Parker Is Gay and Gay Married With a Gay Pregnant Wife

Well and now the Chicago Sky are for sure the gayest team in the WNBA!

By Heather Hogan | December 14, 2021 | 27 Comments
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First Person Holigays

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.

By SC Dillon | December 14, 2021 | 5 Comments
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A+

It’s Time To Go Back To The Queer Future!

You’ve somehow been thrust back to the year 2009, and something is playing havoc with the space-time continuum.

By Sally | December 14, 2021 | 31 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: I Don’t Know How To Be a Casual Friend

It sounds like you want to be neutral with your former friend. That will take some work and some boundary-setting on your part, but it’s doable.

By Vanessa | December 14, 2021 | 6 Comments
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Community

Love Letters to Trans People: Part 1

Consider this a reminder to check your virtual mailbox. You have some love letters addressed to you!

By xoai pham | December 14, 2021 | 5 Comments
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Book Lists

75 of the Best Queer Books of 2021

It was a banner year for queer horror! Plus, fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA, middle grade, poetry picks — and so much more!

By Casey | December 13, 2021 | 44 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Yellowjackets” Episode 105 Recap: Seances, Blood, and Gay Makeouts Against Trees

The show’s Halloween episode delivers horror, humor, queerness, and — most importantly — A CALIGULA SIGHTING.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | December 13, 2021 | 41 Comments
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TV Lists

Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2021

Y’all ever heard of Ryan Wilder?

By The TV Team | December 13, 2021 | 41 Comments
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A+

Our Hobbies Our Shelves: The Top 8 Dykiest Things on Kayla’s Shelves

There are two copies of The Fact Of A Doorframe in my home, but there were almost four.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | December 13, 2021 | 1 Comment
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