• 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
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • 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
    • 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
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • 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
    • 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
gretchen walking in ojai
AF+ Queer Pregnancy

Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do so no longer.”

Riese January 22, 2025 4 Comments
Kristen Arnett holding copies of her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One on a Florida bookstore road trip
Book Features Travel

We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than theme parks and beaches. Adding a Florida bookstore road trip to your next vacation in the sunshine state will let you see parts of this place in a deeper way.

Kristen Arnett January 7, 2025 6 Comments
HOLIGAYS: Shane
Comedy Holigays The L Word

New Years Resolutions but It’s Just Cool Things Shane Did in ‘The L Word’

In 2025, I will have an affair with an older married woman. 

Motti December 30, 2024 8 Comments
queer person sitting on a weight bench
Health

A Queer Guide to Starting Strength Training

The right time to start something new is anytime.

Stef Rubino December 26, 2024 12 Comments
HOLIGAYS The Family Stone
Christmas Movie Features

Why I Rewatch ‘The Family Stone’ Every Year

The Family Stone is many queer folks’ first introduction to warm, unconditional familial love.

Motti December 24, 2024 3 Comments
Carol
Comedy Holigays

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

It’s December 21 AKA the day Carol and Therese went on a pretty bad date at Carol’s house in New Jersey.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 21, 2024 1 Comment
HOLIGAYS scene from Yellowjackets where Shauna and Jeff have brunch with Jackie's parents
Comedy Holigays

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

“I don’t mean to be rude, but a wolf literally just ripped off half my friend’s face.”

Motti December 19, 2024
a santa masked killer HOLIGAYS
Christmas Movie Features

In Search of a Queer Christmas Horror Classic

If one quality ties the Christmas horror subgenre together, it’s an oddball, camp sensibility that almost always feels at least a little bit queer.

Payton McCarty-Simas December 19, 2024
collage of christmas movies
Christmas Movie Lists

45 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters

In a world once lacking Christmas movies with lesbian, bisexual, queer women and non-binary characters, the tides of the North Pole are shifting, and we’ve got a great list of LGBTQ+ Christmas movies for you!

Riese and The TV Team
December 18, 2024 39 Comments
Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker
AF+ Queer Pregnancy

Baby Steps #3: Allegedly Essential Baby Products, Looking for Gays On The Baby App and Surveillance Anxiety

Of the many allegedly essential items we must procure for our baby — how many are actually essential and why do I feel so weird about surveillance products? Also: trying to figure out who all’s gay here on the Baby App boards.

Riese December 17, 2024 29 Comments
gifts for a casually elegant life
Holigays Shopping

Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

From a vintage nutcracker to the perfect lip mask to REALLY GOOD BEANS.

Laneia December 17, 2024 11 Comments
gifts for your chaotic friend
Holigays Shopping

“Gifts” for the Chaos Friend Who’s Always Getting Into Predicaments Big and Small

Embrace chaos, embrace inevitability, embrace the fact that being able to locate one’s own keys quickly and easily will be life-changing for someone continuously misplacing them.

Nico December 16, 2024 2 Comments
Sabrina Carpenter shaking a cocktail shaker
Christmas

How To Throw a Last Minute Extremely Gay Christmas Party

Christmas with your family? Boring. Christmas with the gays? A jolly good time!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 14, 2024 6 Comments
a bunch of gifts for a chill transmasc
Holigays Shopping

Motti’s Favorite Things: What To Buy for the Low Maintenance Transmasc

I’m a pretty simple guy. I’m not very materialistic, so when I do spend money on something, I want the bang to be worth the buck.

Motti December 11, 2024 1 Comment
Chappell Roan gifts
Holigays Shopping

What To Buy the Chappell Roan Fan You Love for the Holidays

These gifts will turn any home into the Pink Pony Club!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 10, 2024
Palestinian gifts
Holigays Shopping

Gift Guide To Support Palestinian and Lebanese Artists and Brands This Holiday Season

Whether you’re looking for specialty food items, handmade pottery and home goods, or gifts for your younger, cooler cousins, there’s a little something for everyone.

Elena Dudum December 10, 2024 1 Comment
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya's favorite things
Holigays Shopping

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s Favorite Things: What To Buy Someone Who Is a Triple Threat (Can Cook, Write, and Play Tennis)

Do you have someone in your life who loves to cook AND play tennis? Well, this extremely niche gift guide is for you! 

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 10, 2024
collage of items you can buy from queer-owned small businesses
Holigays LGBTQ+ Businesses

100 LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses and Queer Shops To Support This Holiday Season!

With so many LGBTQ+ owned shops out there it’s gonna be a joy to put money back into your community this holiday season!

Riese December 9, 2024 77 Comments
Drew's favorite things gift guide
Holigays Shopping

Drew Burnett Gregory’s Favorite Things: What To Buy for the Femme Who Loves Queer Films

Drew shares her favorite things she owns, which you can buy for the femme cinephile in your life this holigay season!

Drew Burnett Gregory December 9, 2024 3 Comments
Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter singing
Christmas Movie Reviews

‘A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter’ Makes the Yuletide Gay and Horny

Sabrina Carpenter gives the gays everything they want this Christmas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 9, 2024 2 Comments
← Previous Page 1 2 3 4 5 … 90 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Rhymes With Witches: The Frenemies of “Bachelorette”
  • Notes From A Queer Engineer: Badass Princess Engineers and Gaming Manifestos
  • “Saved by the Bell” Gives Us a Bisexual Afro-Latina Teen Love Story Ripped Right From Zack and Kelly’s Playbook

Latest Comments

  • stevie How To Explore Pregnancy Fetish and Kink During Pregnancy "IF U THINK ITS OK TO FUCK DURING WTF I COULD NEVER STRAP HER WHEN THERES A BABY IN HER.…"

  • BPD Test What Does It Mean to Be a “Bottom” or “Submissive” in Lesbian Sex? "This article sounds super interesting! It’s great to dive into what these labels truly mean for people. Self-discovery is so…"

  • Best Mouse Tester ‘I Really Want To Be Bi but I’m Unsure HELP’ "Hey, it really sounds like your desire to date, hold hands, and marry women (and men!) is a huge indicator…"

  • BPD Test What Does It Mean to Be a “Bottom” or “Submissive” in Lesbian Sex? "This is such a crucial topic! I’m curious how you’ll define “bottom” or “submissive” in queer sex. The blend of…"

Latest Posts

  • Trans Resistance Is Expanding
  • ‘I Really Want To Be Bi but I’m Unsure HELP’
  • The Lovers Tarot Card IS Gay
  • September 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu and Apple TV
  • What Queer Novel Featuring an Age Gap Relationship Should You Read?

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