Adeyemi told me when we talked in May that she has long been “frustrated with writing about queer nightlife that really presents it as this utopian escape from everyday life.” “That’s a story, it’s not reality,” she argues.
How’s your zodiac sign celebrating Pride this year? This gay horoscope writer has the answers for horny Capricorns and watery Pisces alike.
I will never stop trying to tell our stories.
“I am a queer person who grew up in and has lived in small communities, small towns, and small cities for my entire life.”
I was able to teach my son the un-whitewashed version of the Stonewall riots, giving power to the black and brown folks that put their bodies on the line so that his mom could be free to love freely.
Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.
It’s eight days to Pride! Get some inspiration for colorful, tasty nonalcoholic drink concoctions to serve yourself or loved ones!
Get angry, get horny, get introspective!
For the first time ever here at Autostraddle, we’re COUNTING DOWN to Pride!
Unfortunately, the “live, laugh, lesbian” tee is sold out online, so I will be stalking all of the stores in my area to find it.
As Pride increasingly becomes co-opted, soured by capitalism, and diluted from its original organizing and protest roots, it’s easy to become exhausted every June.
I will always love you, and I know you will always love me. Sometimes love isn’t enough.
“March Madness”, as completely unhinged and dated as it is, also reveals something far more depressing and contemporary: Nothing has really changed.
A dazzling portrait of a white heterosexual girl’s coming-of-age, Lady Bird gave us a straight character anyone can root for.
A too rarely understood or acknowledged privilege, especially when so much LGBTQ+ discourse is about the power and importance of visibility, is the pleasure of invisibility.
As a late-blooming queer, I know how good it feels to be recognized. That’s why this month I’m partnering with AI Facial Recognition Services,
In a field that was once dominated by the cis straight white male voice, LGBTQ poets and poets of color are finally starting to get their due.
I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable stares. That mentality was replaced by the desire to build bridges.
“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”
“Well the premise combined two of my favorite things: being gay and reading, so I was naturally intrigued.”