PHOTOESSAY: Heavenly Bodies
Step into Nigeria’s LGBTQ+ ballroom scene with this photoessay.
Harper Steele, Bob the Drag Queen, and More Queer Celebs Tell Autostraddle Their Favorite Lesbian Movies
The Center in NYC held its annual dinner to recognize leaders in the LGBTQ community and present an award to Kesha. Autostraddle hit the red carpet to chat with some of the attendees!
Inside the Star-Studded Fashion Fundraiser To Support Trans Justice Funding Project
And how you can help contribute to the ongoing fundraiser for trans lives.
Twenty-Five Years In, Ginger’s Bar Welcomes a New Generation of Queers
Reporting from inside Ginger’s big birthday celebration in Brooklyn and a look at how the bar has evolved through the years.
Solve Crossword Puzzles, Fund Abortions Across the Country (Again!)
We created a pack of puzzles to raise money for abortion funds!
Which of Your Possessions Belongs in a Trans Museum?
Small grassroots LGBTQ+ museums, archives, and galleries are redefining what it means to preserve and display trans histories.
LA Lesbian Bar Ruby Fruit Is Fighting For Its Survival. We Really Need It To Win.
“The thing about having a community hub, a place you return to again and again, is that it makes the city feel smaller. You start to run into the same people; you realize that friends you’ve made from totally different parts of your life already know each other— that we’re all more interconnected than we feel.”
How To Help People Affected By the LA Wildfires
These are some smaller orgs, Mutual Aid funds and GoFundMes you can support to help those impacted by the horrific LA wildfires.
The Most Popular Autostraddle Posts of 2024
These are the most-read Autostraddle stories of 2024 — the top personal essays, reported features, quizzes, celebrity news and more.
20 Iconic Sapphic Pop Culture Moments of 2024
Lesbians and bisexuals sure got up to some things in 2024 — from Megan Thee Stallion’s strap to Kristen Stewart’s pantsless press tour to rugby’s lesbians to Tracy Chapman’s fingers, these were just some of the moments that defined sapphic pop culture in 2024.
Our Favorite Under-the-Radar Queer Art From 2024
Shorts and films we saw at festivals that haven’t received distribution yet, small press books, songs by indie artists, and more of our favorite underrated works of queer art from 2024!
The Recurring Dreams and Nightmares That Haunt Us
Gay people talking about their dreams? How groundbreaking.
Dolls on Tour Bring Trans Art Where It’s Needed Most
Sunny Laprade and Violet Stanza talk about their queer variety show, Dolls on Tour.
The History and Future of Lesbian Art Communities
Dyke+ ArtHaus creates a community for dyke artists, specifically centering those over 40.
The Drag Kings and Things of Bushwig
How the festival continues making space for drag kings and things.
In the End, There Will Always Be Love
“For nearly the last seven years, I’ve felt incredibly lucky to have known Autostraddle from the inside out, every corner and nook and cranny, because I loved it first as a reader.”
Everything’s Bigger in Texas — Even the Lesbian Bars
The largest lesbian bar in the country and the oldest lesbian bar in the South has been running in Dallas, Texas since 1989.
The Best Chappell Roan Shows Are in the Midwest and South
For her queer fans in the Midwest and South, Chappell Roan’s rise is about so much more than her music.
Not Sure How To Celebrate Pride? Do a Lesbian Bar Crawl With Your Girlfriend and Ex-Girlfriend Like I Did!
What could be more inviting and enjoyable than a dyke bar crawl during Pride? Introducing your girlfriend and ex-girlfriend to each other while you do it!
6 Pre-Stonewall Queer Uprisings History Tried To Hide
I’m confident the archives are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of stories still waiting to be uncovered.