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Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Your Long-Distance Friends

Maybe you, like a lot of queer people, found your community online and don’t live near your friends.

Valerie Anne November 11, 2022 5 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword You Can Pinpoint on a Map

Situate your mind inside these 10 clues! Everything else can wait!

brooke November 11, 2022 17 Comments
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Movie News & Trailers

The “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” Trailer Promises Whitney Houston and Robyn Crawford, Dancing Together

In the ten years since Whitney Houston’s passing, one of the sweetest journeys to witness has been the purposeful reclaiming of her legacy by Black queer people.

Carmen Phillips November 10, 2022 5 Comments
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Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: 10 Gifts With Daddy Energy for the Masc Top in Your Life

If you’re looking for a gift that says, “Spank me, Daddy,” I’ve got you covered.

Ro White November 10, 2022 6 Comments
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Straddleverse

Writing for Autostraddle Helped Me Find the Words for My Real Coming Out

“To come into myself, to really integrate my queerness as an essential part of myself, I needed to start telling the stories I had been holding in for so long.”

himani November 10, 2022 8 Comments
A honeycomb mosaic of 35 LGBT candidates from the 2022 Midterm Election.
Politics + Activism

There Were 122 Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer and Trans Candidates in the 2022 Midterms, Here’s How They Did

A red wave was coming, they told us. But they didn’t account for a new record for out LGBTQ candidates, who ran the table all across the country.

Natalie November 10, 2022 29 Comments
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AF+

How Art Modeling Carried Me Through an Abusive Relationship

“I wanted to be a landscape or a place that couldn’t be contained.”

Lexie Bean November 10, 2022 3 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading Stands With the HarperCollins Union Strike

Today, the unionized staff of HarperCollins are going on strike, and if you care about queer books and the future of queer publishing, you should care about this.

Yashwina November 10, 2022 13 Comments
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Lesbian Sex

What If, Lube?

Lube. Just lube. Lube for regular sex, with or without toys. Lube anytime, for anything. It’s lube!

Nico November 10, 2022 13 Comments
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Puzzles

Word Search: Have You Seen My Feather Earring?

I regret to inform you that we’ll also need to find that fedora.

Laneia November 10, 2022 23 Comments
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Relationships

The 68 Absolutely Gayest Ways You Met Your Gay Partner(s), According to the 2022 Reader Survey

“We met in 1995. I was in grad school and had a job at the campus women’s center. I helped her hang an art show. We later hung out at a feminist science fiction convention. We’ve been together ever since.”

Riese November 9, 2022 20 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Ryan Murphy Wants to Reboot “Glee,” Maybe Bring it to Broadway

Rebel Wilson welcomes a daughter; the cuddly calm of Sapphic Pop; Janelle Monáe’s suitcase is full of costumes; and more!

Heather Hogan November 9, 2022 10 Comments
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First Person

My Anxiety Turns Life Into a Horror Movie

Most of my fears are around dying, maybe because I don’t understand it.

ashni November 9, 2022 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

It Was Like Living on the Moon

“It was like needing food, and eating a pile of smooth, round stones instead. It was almost a life.”

Darcy November 9, 2022 14 Comments
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AF+

Interview With My Wife: Mia

“I know, now the thought of sleeping in is just as exciting as a full blown affair to me.”

Tracy Levesque November 9, 2022 46 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: It Is Possible I Have Never Seen a More Handsome Photo in My Entire Life

Also, DAMN Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are good at making me feel single!

Christina Tucker November 9, 2022 12 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword to Test Drive

Escape, however briefly, into this supremely queer crossword made just for you weirdos!

Rachel November 9, 2022 16 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Keke Palmer Enjoys the “Delicacy” of Girl-on-Girl, Is a Fan of Subs (Being One)

Revisiting Britney Spears’ conservatorship one year later, a photo essay of queer Americana, and it’s no coincidence that the Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse is on Election Day.

Carmen Phillips November 8, 2022 4 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “The Death of Vivek Oji” Delves Into What Is Born in Death

Emezi’s ability to immerse the reader into multiple characters’ realities and tell a story that isn’t just one narrative but infinite is reminiscent of Toni Morrison, even as Emezi creates something entirely new in Vivek.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu November 8, 2022 4 Comments
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House & Garden

A List of 10 Gay Mushrooms

“This mushroom was last seen in a lesbian club circa 2006 wearing a vest and skinny tie.”

Sally November 8, 2022 24 Comments
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