Results for: representation
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Willow Rosenberg Is Your Autostraddle March Madness 2024 ‘The Kids Are Alright’ Champion!
Willow’s win is a testament to the way representation, and our first encounters with it, imprints upon a person. There’s something unshakeable about our connections to the first time we see ourselves. It’s deeper than just nostalgia.
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Queering the Canon: Where Are All The Trans Rom-Coms?
It’s time trans people get to showcase our desires, in all their variety, in all their complexity, in all their possibility.
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The Age of Toxic Queer Women On-Screen Should Tackle Movie Musicals Next
In the last year a slew of movies have begun to presuppose, “What if queer women were out of their goddamn minds?” And that’s exactly what the musical genre needs.
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Just a Random Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson Appreciation Post
Let’s celebrate seven years of age gap and gay theater couple representation!
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Daniel Sea on Max’s Return to “The L Word: Generation Q”
“My wish was for Max’s present to reflect more of a life like mine. I don’t hang out with mostly cis people, I don’t hang out with mostly white people. Diverse is such a weird word but my community is mixed and diverse in all sorts of ways. That’s my queer community.”
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Making An Independent Documentary About Queer Women Is Like Jumping Without A Net
I will never stop trying to tell our stories.
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Vote Now in the 2022 Autostraddle TV Awards!
Welcome to the 2022 Autostraddle TV Awards (previously known as the Gay Emmys)! These awards are meant to celebrate the best of television — through a lens of LGBTQ+ representation.
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Chase Joynt on “Framing Agnes,” Collaboration, and Finding New Ways to Tell Trans Stories
“What an extraordinary middle finger to the whole apparatus! And I include myself in that.”
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Also.Also.Also: I Have Never Been More Ready for a Movie Than I Am for “Bottoms”
Plus, fliers from 90s gay clubs, fantasizing about MILFs, and hot union summer continues.
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Quiz: Which Queer Mystery Novel Should You Read?
From queer tweens solving middle school mysteries to amateur sapphic sleuths investigating 1920s Harlem, I guarantee all these queer mystery novels are winners!
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I’ll Watch Anything Where the Black Girls Kiss
There have only been 46 times — out of 169 characters — when a Black queer character was paired with a Black partner on television. Only six have had multiple Black partners.
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Pop Culture Fix: Zeke Smith and Nico Santos’ Palm Springs Wedding Had Everything — Drag Dolly Parton, Party City Decor, Lamb Lollipops
Zeke Smith and Nico Santos had the cutest gay wedding in Palm Springs! Also: Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger’s fairytale NWSL finals, Brynn’s possibly real crush on Jenna Lyons, queer X-Men, Chrishell Strause’s favorite Los Angeles hangs and more!
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AF+ Members: Pick the Winners of the Autostraddle March Madness First Four
La Brea’s Izzy vs. Bel-Air’s Ashley Banks! Dare Me’s Beth vs. Big Shot’s Mouse! Gen V’s Marie vs Jordan! Everything Sucks’ Emaline vs. Ginny & Georgia’s Max! Are you ready to tip off this year’s edition of Autostraddle March Madness?? LFG.
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Is Monogamy Cool Again?
Is the era of polyamory over? Are more queer people returning to monogamy? Or is it just a shift in the cultural conversation?
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“Silver Haze” Finds Devastation and Beauty in a New Kind of Lesbian Romance
There are plenty of movies with characters who have scars, but very few that don’t use them for either horror or inspiration.
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Amazon Cancels “A League of Their Own” Season 2, Turns Out There Is Crying in Baseball
Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson created something truly special with A League of Their Own, and I will never forgive Amazon for calling the game before it was over, especially when it seemed like we were finally going to win.
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Pop Culture Fix: Brandi Carlile Wants a Lesbian “Golden Girls” (We Deserve)
Meg Stalter remixes “Silk Chiffon” in front of MUNA, Tracy Chapman won a Country Music Award for “Fast Car” 35 years after its first release, and Marlon Wayans loves his trans kid.
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Gay Me Up, Scotty: How Star Trek Failed To Boldly Go There
In addition to perhaps the most egregious split infinitive in the history of the written word, Star Trek, which celebrates its 44th anniversary this week, also committed crimes against its gay fans: it ignored them.
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An Open Letter From the Vampiric Council on Vampire Erasure
Everybody knows vampires are the gayest undead creatures.
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NSFW Sunday Wants to Taste the Rainbow in Your Pants
This week on NSFW Sunday: couples with roommates, feminist porn, bike smut, and tasting the rainbow in your pants.