A+ Members Get 25% Off Autostraddle Merch — Including All New Designs!
We’ve got A League Of Their Own Peaches Tee, Peaches Socks, an All Stars Cap, new tees and restocks of your fav items ALL on sale!
We’ve Got New Merch and It’s All 20% Off All Weekend Long
Another year around the sun and it’s finally time to stuff our faces then buy a ton of stuff online. Why not check out the Autostraddle Store and get ahead of the gift game?
Mini Crossword for Sweet Love
Rewards include a new film to watch, music to listen to, and the joy of recalling correct words!
Why I’m Craving a Thanksgiving Sandwich 364 Days a Year
It’s November 2016, and I’m lonely and missing my family a lot more than I expected. I say I can’t come home for Thanksgiving for a mix of reasons.
We Need QTBIPOC Land Healing Projects
We have a responsibility to care for others. In land stewardship and land healing this means prioritizing accountability to Indigenous folks.
Playlist: Songs for Vibing with Your Found Family on Thanksgiving
Here’s about seven hours of songs to play behind conversations and to fill the comforting silence of breaking bread over a tofurkey, ham, or whatever you like to stuff your face with.
Word Search: Time for Zap Zap Action
Educational!
Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Read on Thanksgiving
If you have a pocket of time between tasks tomorrow or are just having a chill, quiet day, dive into some brilliant stories.
Holigay Gift Guide: For the Kitchen Top You Maybe Have a Crush On
There’s something so sexy about watching someone cook with confidence.
Pop Culture Fix: “Strange World” Features Disney’s Millionth First Gay Character
Brittani Nichols in the NYT, Jinkx Monsoon joins Chicago on Broadway, all new Criminal Minds, and more!
No Filter: Keke Palmer’s Hair Hath Taken Me to a New Plane of Existence!
Also, okay, I’ll say it: I want to hang with Kehlani. She seems like a good damn hang!
Why Queers Should Play Tabletop Roleplaying Games
Do you want to socialize without noise and too many strangers? Do you have a geeky streak? Then TTRPGs might be for you.
Mini Crossword Is Ready to Settle Down
In a gay way.
Also.Also.Also: Amy Schneider Wins “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions,” Honors Her Wife
Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer in matching Brittney Griner sweaters, that adorable corn kid keeps winning, Twitter’s blow to accessibility, and more.
“Dead to Me” Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Goodbye
The third and final season of Dead To Me is an ode to the platonic love between a queer woman and her straight best friend.
These Are the Five Victims of the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs
Four victims of the shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs have been named, including two Club Q bartenders, Derrick Rump and Daniel Davis Aston, as well as Kelly Loving, Raymond Green and Ashley Paugh, who had an 11-year-old daughter.
Thanksgiving Will Always Be My Special Holiday — And Not Just Because It’s When I Proposed to My Partner
On October 1, 2020, I bought her an engagement ring.
My 15 Gayest Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Encounters (So Far)
From tired butches to agender pansexual jelly!
You Need Help: What To Do With This Meaningless, Single Life?
I want to try to hold space here for both: for your (and my, really) pain and for the possibility that you may not feel this way forever.
“I Can’t Stop Hearing the Shots,” Mass Shooting at Colorado Gay Club Leaves 5 Dead, 25 Wounded
Once again, a place that provides refuge to the LGBT community has been visited by violence and tragedy.