What Megan Rapinoe did in 2016, and what she’s done with her advocacy since, is what I’ll remember most. The rarity of seeing a white woman on such a tremendous stage say that black lives matter and be willing to sacrifice her own standing to make the point.

Before I tell you about all the things that were done right with Horror Is So Gay, let me tell you about the things I did wrong.

The chaotic art school tale is a confident debut from Antonia Angress.

It can maybe seem silly to “celebrate” Valentine’s Day — you’re together all the time! But that’s why it’s important to carve out some intentional time together and also shake things up from your daily routine.

When it comes to boundaries, our strengths are our weaknesses and our weaknesses are our strengths. (Also let us talk about Raven Symoné’s chaotic gay TikTok, shall we?)

What you’ll find here is not just people writing about the ins and outs of what makes Thanksgiving the bullshit holiday that it is, but also people just writing about their cultures, about being who they are, about how they survive, what makes them keep fighting, and what gives them hope for the future.

“Why do you think it took us so long to get together as girlfriends considering we’ve been friends for almost a decade?”

Welcome to another Short Fiction Playlist! In honor of Valentine’s Day, today’s theme is queer sex! Dig into these five stories featuring a sex-talking parrot, period sex, gay clubs, spanking, and more.

Definitely by the end of the night, if no one says, “You shouldn’t be single anymore. This isn’t working for the rest of us,” then I didn’t break up properly.

Animals, like people, have their own personalities and should be taken on a case-by-case basis. (AKA wherein Drew bravely says that snakes are maybe a bit sexy thanks to a certain pop star.)

Is it a date or are we just friends? Why not both! This week we’re talking about fucking your friends with Autostraddle Community Editor and fucking your friends expert Vanessa Friedman.

I wouldn’t know.

Author Jeanna Kadlec talks about her new memoir Heretic, the loss of leaving a life, gay Bible stories, and more.

Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.

Black & Pink is hosting their annual Holiday Card Campaign to support our LGBT fam inside, it will surprise no one that the pandemic has raised our blood pressure, plus the queerness of the 90s and Green Day.

But face-blindess is a bitch.

This week we’ve brought on someone in a gaymous power couple: Grace Lavery! But being in a public relationship isn’t just the joys of ambitious4ambitious. There’s also the matter of boundaries and privacy.

Don’t live in Atlanta? Don’t live in the U.S.? If Cop City gets built, it will still effect you. Activists have been fighting the creation of this proposed police training ground since 2021, and they need your help.

It was a lot like coming out later in life, but this time instead of going to a bunch of lesbian parties and hooking up with strangers, I’m staying up until 4 a.m. Googling shit like “how is Loki still alive.”

“Imagine if all of our days were as productive as the people in The L Word. We would be cruising through life.”