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7 Korean women competing on the Netflix series Physical: 100
TV Reviews

“Physical: 100” Proves There’s No One Way To Be an Athlete

Physical: 100 also disrupts the American idea of competition and what it means to be a good competitor.

Stef Rubino February 28, 2023 10 Comments
woman with pink short hair stands against a clear blue sky, holding a rainbow flag billowing in the wind, looking content and sure of herself
Coming Out

You Need Help: How Can I Be My Authentic Self While Navigating Bi-Erasure and Biphobia?

You can’t control other people’s reactions to your coming out. But you can create for yourself a network of people who unequivocally support your bisexuality/queerness and who understand the specific joys and challenges we face.

Casey February 28, 2023 11 Comments
Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns features a rearview mirror with a desi woman's face reflected in it and an air freshener on fire.
LGBT Book Reviews

“Your Driver Is Waiting” Review: I’m Obsessed With the Swole Bisexual Narrator of This Rip-Roaring Novel

Some readers may be tempted to label Your Driver Is Waiting as satire, but that’s not my reading at all.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 28, 2023 12 Comments
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Puzzles

Word Search: Stardew Valley

Will you find the Golden Walnut?

Darcy February 28, 2023 1 Comment
M. Crane is between two images of their book cover. The book cover is a simple plane of blue with a rippling human shadow on the cover and the title text I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF layered on top. M. Crane is smiling. They have long brown hair, tan skin, and are wearing a colorful button up shirt.
AF+ Literature

Right Now – A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Join us for a Q&A with author M. Crane! Right now! See you there?

Nico February 27, 2023
TV Show Recaps

“The Last of Us” Episode 107 Recap: Let’s Go To The Mall

In a very special flashback episode, we learn about Ellie’s best friend and gay crush, Riley, and the night they spent in an abandoned mall.

Valerie Anne and Nic
February 27, 2023 13 Comments
ctress / writer Alison Brie attends the Film Independent "Somebody I Used to Know" Special Screening and Q&A at Harmony Gold
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Alison Brie Is Bisexual, Has Been Waiting for the Right Tweet To Tell You

Alison Brie is bisexual; she said it right out loud in a BuzzFeed video with her husband, and that is that! Huzzah!

Heather Hogan February 27, 2023 4 Comments
Elaine Hendrix and Lisa Ann Walter attend the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lisa Ann Walter Brought Parent Trap Co-Star Elaine Hendrix As Her Date to the SAG Awards

All the gay happenings from the SAG and NAACP Awards, famous sports gays getting married and having babies, the New Black Film Canon, and more!

Heather Hogan February 27, 2023 13 Comments
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Shopping

17 Things That Glow To Add a Little Light and Kitsch to Your Workspace or Bedside

You know what we could all use as we march into March? Light. Literally.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 27, 2023 25 Comments
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AF+

Behind the Scenes: The Autostraddle Black Elders Interview Project

“You and I are family.”

the team February 27, 2023 16 Comments
Walking with Shadows by Jude Dibia features hands groping a man's bare chest
LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Naija Lit: 2005’s “Walking With Shadows” Is a Meditation on Shame, Rupture, and Repair

As a child, I wasn’t different because I was gay (that came with teenagehood), I was different because I was autistic. 

Chinelo Anyadiegwu February 27, 2023 3 Comments
a black and white photo of Barbara Johnson, a Black woman and elder, is the center focal point of this collage. Beautiful collaged items including newsprint, colors, squiggles, and lines surround her. She's wearing a sweatshirt that says Brooklyn on the front.
Community LGBT History

“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”

“So I just accepted the fact that I truly was gay. I had to be gay. That was my acceptance of myself. I made an announcement in my own head that I was a gay woman.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz February 27, 2023 8 Comments
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First Person

The System Operates As Designed

Burnout is not simple tiredness. It is malaise and unexplained pain. It is a theft of spirit and the creative body.

Tamara Jerée February 27, 2023 17 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Full of It

What did the taco say to the guacamole?

Rachel February 27, 2023 10 Comments
Rosamund Pike in Gone Girl; Brian and Dom perched on a car in Fast Five; Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours; Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki crying in Widows
Quizzes

Quiz: Answer Upsetting Questions and I’ll Tell You What Movie To Watch and Where

The movie/place combinations are slightly upsetting in and of themselves and yet also soothing if you really think about it, okay?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 26, 2023 37 Comments
Jerrie Johnson is a Black actor with short cropped blonde hair, they are looking to the camera from a side profile in front of a white and blue background. They have on a black turtleneck
TV Feature

“There’s Nothing I Can’t Do”: Harlem’s Jerrie Johnson on Tye’s Self-Discovery and Breaking the Binary

“This binary is so new and so American and so beneficial to the patriarchy and white supremacy.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz February 26, 2023 3 Comments
Drag Race 1509 recap: Anetra on the runway in her crystal dress with the crystal spinal column turns her head back toward the camera.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1509 Recap: Spine-Tingling

We’re celebrating an actually monumental moment in Drag Race herstory. It’s the show’s 200th episode!

Drew Burnett Gregory February 25, 2023 5 Comments
Perfect Match. (L to R) Abbey Humphreys, Francesca Farago in episode 08 of Perfect Match. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix / © 2023 Netflix, Inc.
TV Feature

Francesca Farago Only Stayed On “Perfect Match” ‘Cause They Let Her Date a Woman

“I knew who was there, men-wise, and I was like, ‘I don’t know if I can waste anyone’s time by continuing to match with these men that I know I’m not going to get along with.'”

Riese February 25, 2023 4 Comments
Baopu, a drawing of an Asian person with red hair, is going down a neon green spiral slide that's drawn in the middle of a blue, fluffy clouds sky.
Webcomics

Baopu #109: Don’t Spiral

…which is always easier said than done, but know that you are seen, all the way.

Yao Xiao February 25, 2023 4 Comments
Two girls driving in a convertible in a still from The Bachelorette; The cover of Sleepless in Seattle, featuring the Empire State Building; the album cover of Whitney Houston's eponymous album; "He Will Break Your Heart" by Jerry Butler; two people in pirates costumes
Book Lists

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories Featuring Pop Culture

Find sexy pirates, bachelorette viewing parties, and Whitney Houston crushes in these pop culture-packed queer short stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 25, 2023 5 Comments
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