• About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
  • Shop
  • Sign In
  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Lesbian Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles

Life

  • LGBT History
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Money + Work
  • Geekery
  • Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft
  • Holigays
  • Parenting & Family
  • Pregnancy

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Webcomics
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked by Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Shopping
  • Podcasts

  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Lesbian Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles
  • Shop
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
Four photos of comedians with a brick wall in the background.
Culture

Four Comedians On How Their Transness Has Informed and Influenced Their Careers

“I would much rather be funny than inspirational”

Rowan Zeoli March 14, 2023 9 Comments
Survivor 44 contestants Frannie Marin, Claire Rafson, and Carolyn Wiger standing, smiling at the camera
Television

Meet The Queer Women Contestants of “Survivor” Season 44

Will this be the first-ever season of Survivor with three queer women at the final tribal? Probably not, but maybe! 

Anya Richkind March 14, 2023 18 Comments
Four images from movies mentioned in this post: Gentleman Jack, 9 to 5, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Legally Blonde
TV Feature

I’ll Watch Anything About Women Bullying Men

I watch women bully men in stories the way I watch dragons fly in stories: with awe and longing, a fractured dream, an out-of-grasp fantasy — because real life’s not like that.

Heather Hogan March 14, 2023 14 Comments
A still from the film "Who I Am Not" which shows a Black intersex woman closing her eyes with her head to the sky, and a picture of a young Black girl is projected onto her chest.
Movie Reviews

SXSW 2023: The Lives and Loves of Intersex People In “Who I Am Not”

An intimate look at the journey to figuring out where you belong

Shelli Nicole March 14, 2023 2 Comments
a couple sits outside in a field, looking worried and somber, holding each other
Relationships

You Need Help: My Partner and I Disagree About Our COVID Risk Reduction Practices

Sometimes, after dealing with an active crisis as a team, it’s the period afterward that can start to pull us apart. There’s more time and space for your individual needs and feelings; it’s not surprising that this is when the resentment can really start to build!

Darcy March 14, 2023 3 Comments
Raving by McKenzie Wark
LGBT Book Reviews

Explore NYC’s Underground Queer and Trans Rave Scene in “Raving”

Readers are constantly reminded that so much of what makes white-dominated raves comes from Black culture.

Lily Alvarado March 14, 2023
Jasmin Savoy Brown kisses Lucy Dacus who is wearing a witch costume in the "Night Shift" music video.
Music

Lucy Dacus, Jane Schoenbrun Talk Making Joyful Queer Music Video for “Night Shift” Starring Jasmin Savoy Brown

The video also stars author Carmen Maria Machado and E.R. Fightmaster.

danijanae March 14, 2023 5 Comments
The Autostraddle logo (AS) sits on top of two colorful sudoku grids, which is surrounded by other colorful sudoku grids.
Puzzles

Picdoku: Queer Symbolism

If you love sudoku and inverted bisexual triangles, I have great news for you!

Sally March 14, 2023 7 Comments
Sarah Paulson, Abby Wambach, Tig Notaro, all shrouded in green light on a lesbian party bus
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson, Tig Notaro, Abby Wambach, etc. Sing Indigo Girls on Lesbian Party Bus

The queer cast of Scream, The Bird and Taurasi Show will be back for the Women’s Final Four, Megan Rapinoe dedicates TIME Woman of the Year award to the trans community, and more!

Heather Hogan March 13, 2023 5 Comments
All 16 couples from the Forbidden Fruit region, kissing, and a white trophy on top of them.
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2023: Trope-y Wives – Forbidden Fruit

It’s time to vote, you gays!

Natalie March 13, 2023 3 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“The Last of Us” Episode 109 Recap: Promises, Promises

In the season finale, we look back to Ellie and Joel’s past while fighting for the future.

Valerie Anne and Nic
March 13, 2023 10 Comments
Della and Anita St. Pierre stand together at a party
TV Reviews

Perry Mason’s Lesbian Lawyer-in-Training Is the Highlight of Season 2

Ring-a-ding-ding, sweetheart, Della Street is back and better than ever.

Heather Hogan March 13, 2023 3 Comments
photo 1: a pink lit christmas tree in the background. a small red and white puppy in a black shirt with white penguins looking up at the camera. photo 2: turquoise background. a black woman with short brown hair and glasses smiling. she is wearing a black tee shirt with Sanrio characters. a tan skinned boy smiling in a blue and black shirt with Stormtroopers. his arms are around her head. photo 3: a turquoise background. three people in matching black pajamas with white penguins on them. one white woman with short brown hair and glasses smiling, one black woman with short brown hair and glasses smiling, one fair skinned boy with short brown hair sticking his tongue. photo 4: two cats laying on a black blanket with purple, orange and white letters. the cat in the foreground is grey with black stripes and a white chest. the background cat is orange and grey with black stripes and a white chest and paws. they are looking away from the camera
Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: This Is Not Your Typical Mommy Blog

When you’re a queer parent writing for a largely hetero audience, it feels like you’re pleading your case to exist.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 13, 2023 62 Comments
the Bubble Trouble header looks like a Surge can, with a green background and red burst and the words AUTOSTRADDLE BUBBLE TROUBLE written in the red burst. it reminisces of the Surge logo
AF+

Editor’s Notes: Bubble Trouble

The queerness found in a lot of these Bubble Trouble essays isn’t necessarily surface-level fizz but something deeper in the gut.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 13, 2023 6 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 a bright yellow background
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Joining an a Cappella Group

Why do melons have such extravagant weddings?

brooke March 13, 2023 5 Comments
still from Everything Everywhere All At Once
Movie News & Trailers

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” Makes Lesbian History at the Oscars

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” is the first film with an explicitly gay female main character to win “Best Picture.”

Riese March 12, 2023 14 Comments
meg jones wall, a white person with dark salt and pepper hair wearing a black dress is to the right in a headshot, to the left, their book is laid out with gorgeous tarot cards and crystals.
Meet-Ups / Events

A+ Book Club for Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation

With author and Autostraddle writer, Meg Jones Wall!

Nico March 12, 2023 10 Comments
The following LaCroix flavors: Peach-Pear, Lime, Berry, Mure Pepino, Pure, Melon Pomelo, Lemon, and Pamplemousse
Quizzes

Quiz: Escape This Bad Date and We’ll Tell You Which LaCroix Flavor You Are

For every good date, there are at least three bad dates. I made that ratio up, but it feels right.

ashni March 12, 2023 15 Comments
Lip Smacker chapsticks in fanta strawberry, fanta grape, fanta orange, root beer, sprite, coca-cola vanilla, cherry coke, and coca-cola classic, surrounded by gummy sodas, potato chips, and bottle caps.
Comedy

Ranking All the Lipsmackers Chapsticks in the Coca-Cola Party Pack

I also solve the urgent mystery of what happened to Lip Smacker Dr. Pepper.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 12, 2023 7 Comments
Jasmin Savoy Brown and Devyn Nekoda standing close and looking stunned in Scream VI
Movie Reviews

Scream VI Review: Why Do Y’all Keep Picking Up The Phone?!

Scream VI is as queer as you were hoping it would be! Jump scares and gay smooching, let’s go!

A. Tony Jerome March 11, 2023 6 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 … 1,424 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Pretty Little Liars Recap 308: Actual Stolen Lesbian Kisses For Real
  • 8 Reasons Cameron Esposito is “Marriage Material” in Her New Special
  • Valencia Is The Most Masterful Dyke-Centric Artsy-Weirdo Film I’ve Ever Seen

Latest Comments

  • Henry Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast "“The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2 promises drama! It’s fascinating to see the clash between those ready to commit and…"

  • frankie Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast "as a virgo…. i endorse this message"

  • allie Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast "i feel like ashley is related to every white lesbian on my kickball team!!"

  • Riese Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast "happy birthday! maybe the Cancers are too afraid of crying on television or accidentally saying something hurtful and then feeling…"

Latest Posts

  • Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast
  • King Princess Makes Her Acting Debut on ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’, a Show That Technically Exists
  • ‘LEAVE ME ALONE’ I’m Listening to the New Reneé Rapp Single
  • Summer Is for the Midwest Princess
  • No Filter: Kristen Kish Is Eating Beaver Tails

Our Network

  • Store
  • For Them

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2025 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

Read ad-free: join AF MEDIA