• 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
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • 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
    • Lesbian 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
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • 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
    • Lesbian 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
It Came From the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror. Also, Megan Fox in the movie Jennifer's Body
Book Features First Person

In Queer Horror Anthology “It Came From the Closet,” Carmen Maria Machado Considers Jennifer’s Body

On queerbaiting, bisexuality, and Jennifer’s Body. This essay is an exclusive excerpt from the queer horror anthology It Came From the Closet, on sale next week.

Carmen Maria Machado September 27, 2022 14 Comments
AF+ Meet-Ups / Events

Today’s A+ Read a Fucking Book Club Starts In 20 Minutes!

Come join us!

Nico September 26, 2022
A cluttered home with moving boxes, coffee on the floor, and a laptop sitting on a box.
First Person House & Garden

7 Pressing Questions I Have for Myself After Moving

In the week following my move from Miami to Orlando, I’d like to ask myself some urgent questions, like for example: Why do I own this many pairs of opera gloves and where the hell am I going to put them?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 26, 2022 17 Comments
Two Black women eat salads while smiling. There's a large bowl of salad and leafy greens surrounding them.
First Person

Empty Magic: Lunch

In my quest to destroy the body I had known, this new body was not safe from me either. 

danijanae September 26, 2022 3 Comments
Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts boop noses on the red carpet
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: IRL Wives Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts Will Gay Up “The Rookie: Feds” Together

Our first look at The Owl House season three, Charlize Theron says Monster execs wanted a hot lesbian love story, and how Melissa Etheridge’s wild parties inspired The L Word.

Heather Hogan September 26, 2022 1 Comment
Assorted makeup multisticks
Beauty

Put This on Your Face: Multisticks

If you’re looking for ways to shorten your makeup routine, or to dip your toe into the world of cosmetics, I think multisticks are the way to go!

ashni September 26, 2022 1 Comment
Photo 1: Cruella. Photo 2: Maleficent. Photo 3: Ursula. Photo 4: Loki.
Quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer-Coded Disney Villain Are You?

This questionnaire is not for the faint of heart! It’s a Triple Ds: dark, dirty, and dykey.

Em Win September 25, 2022 16 Comments
a graphic blending a product photo of sauce by Fly By Jing, a top by Both& Apparel worn by a model, a display of sex toys from Babeland and a pair of overalls worn by a model for Dovetail Workwear
LGBTQ+ Businesses Shopping

Introducing the A+ Discount Marketplace!

Support indie queer media, get discounts from our partners!

Nico September 24, 2022 33 Comments
Photo 1: Jess from A League of Their Own wears a blue short-sleeved buttondown over a white tee with a blue ball cap. Photo 2: Lupe from A League of Their Own wears a striped t-shirt over brown trousers and a blue and red ball cap. Photo 3: Lupe wears a brown embroidered short-sleeved buttowndown over brown pants. Photo 4: Jess wears a ligh blue short-sleeved buttondown over brown pants with a leather belt and a blue ball cap.
Queer Fashion TV Feature

Style Thief: How To Dress Like League of Their Own’s Butch Icons Lupe and Jess

Jess and Lupe have distinct but complementary go-to butch styles.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 24, 2022 4 Comments
A Latina with long brown hair floats in a wispy pool of water while staring at the camera
Playlists

Playlist: Ethereal Songs For Going Beyond Reality

Listen to these songs while you’re destressing on a weekend, pretending to be a sea creature in the ocean, getting high on the floor of your bedroom, or looking to the stars to tell you what your life means.

Lily Alvarado September 24, 2022 2 Comments
Things get intimate between Lucy and Kate after a long day of tracking down a terrorist. Kate pulls Lucy onto her lap and they share a kiss.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: NCIS: Hawai’i Delights in its Queer Honeymoon Phase

Fall TV is back, baby! We’ve got updates on Monarch, House of the Dragon, Vampire Academy, New Amsterdam, Queen Sugar, and more!

Natalie and Valerie Anne
September 23, 2022 12 Comments
Quinni, Darren, and Amerie in Heartbreak High sit on a bathtub and lean into each other.
TV Reviews

Very Queer New Series “Heartbreak High” Is an Excellent Entry Into the Friendship Breakup Canon

Heartbreak High features a queer nonbinary character, a queer autistic character, an asexual character, and so much more — but it never feels like it’s just checking boxes with its characters or storytelling.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 23, 2022 7 Comments
Three photos of Nico as a teenager, they are a white person who has bleached blonde bangs on a brunette layered bob, they have on sunglasses and a grey tank top and are smiling. They are collaged in front of the Bi Pride colors (pink, purple, blue)
Identity

15 of the Most Chaotically Bisexual Things I Did as a Bisexual 15-Year-Old

My bisexuality was a resistance and a freedom and a liability. It was such a defining part of my life that I still cling to the word, to its shifting meaning, to all it can be and all the defiance it stands for.

Nico September 23, 2022 22 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Feeling Seen

“Carson Shaw, indeed!”

Darcy September 23, 2022 4 Comments
Velvet broken hearts collaged in front of a bisexuality color palette (pink, blue, purple)
Friendship Identity

The Echo of My Friend’s Casual Biphobia Destroyed Our Relationship

“Remember your bi phase?” my best friend asked when we were in our 20s. I rolled my eyes.
“Yeah. It was never a phase.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz September 23, 2022 27 Comments
Two women tell each other a secret over wine, one is brunette and one is blonde. Overlayed over them are the bi pride flag colors (pink, purple, blue) and then on top of that layer is the following text message: But alas here I am, Not knowing and yet behaving bisexually.
Dating Identity

What People Said When I Came Out as Bisexual (Again)

A special shout-out to the friend who said “you know you can just be bisexual, right?” when I was spiraling about whether I’d have to give up being gay altogether and if the last five years of my life had been a lie.

Analyssa September 23, 2022 15 Comments
A diagonal collage split three ways, left to right: Aunjanue Ellis walks the Oscars red carpet in an orange gown, Rae Williams in a OutKast band shirt, and Elizabeth Corrigan outside in a rainbow stripped tube top.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Celebrities Who Came Out as Bisexual This Year, Happy Bi+ Week to Everyone!

Also the 50 greatest Bad Bunny songs, and why does every teen in every movie want to go to Yale?

Carmen Phillips September 22, 2022
Viola Davis dressed as a Dahomey warrior in front of an orange sky in The Woman King
Movie Reviews

The Woman King Is A Testament To The Power Of Black Women

I left The Woman King feeling like I could fight any obstacle that was in my way. Not only was I full of adrenaline, but I was filled with joy. Seeing a group of powerful Black women triumph fills me like nothing else can.

Sa'iyda Shabazz September 22, 2022 12 Comments
Sawayama in a large black gown that billows out into a ball shape against a red background.
Music

Rina Sawayama’s Sophomore Album “Hold the Girl” Wants Us To Heal Our Inner Child

“Hold The Girl” now stands with “Sawayama” in cementing Rina Sawayama’s status as one of the best pop stars of our generation.

Lily Alvarado September 22, 2022 4 Comments
four abstractly illustrated figures engage in a celebratory kinky dance. from left to right we have someone with top surgery scars wearing assless chaps, connected bvia a pair of cuffs to a person who is blindfolded and wearing cut out underwear, who is dancing next to someone in a mask and what appears to abe a full body rope bind, and followed by a person in a fishnet, corset and ballgag waving a flogger above their head. The figures are featureless and hairless and purple and the kink elements are red
AF+ Love + Sex

How to Find Local Kink Community and Also How to Hire a Sex Worker

“There’re contingencies of queer freaks everywhere, sometimes it just takes a little more effort.”

Vanessa September 22, 2022 6 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 … 1,425 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Saturday Morning Cartoons: Bus Tripping For Love
  • 10 Things I Learned At My First Big Queer Conference
  • “The Fall of the House of Usher”: Money Can’t Buy You Immortality

Latest Comments

  • KatieRainyDay What You Should Know About Bill Seeking To Ban Medicaid Coverage of Trans Healthcare "God I hate Wes Streeting so much"

  • Deli Twotone ‘I Want To Eat More Protein Without Triggering My ED’ "This detailed answer (with Motti’s vegetarian suggestions) is extremely useful in and of itself but then you casually mention homemade…"

  • Lena What Bad Decision Should You Make This Pride? "I can’t believe you made us choose between whether corporitization or cops at pride was the worst part of pride!…"

  • Motti ‘I Want To Eat More Protein Without Triggering My ED’ "I’m in a very similar position as the letter writer (or at least I was at the beginning of my…"

Latest Posts

  • Beyoncé Shifted Country Music, but She Cannot Save the Industry
  • ‘The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy’ Is Back in All Its Quirky, Queer Glory
  • ‘I Want To Eat More Protein Without Triggering My ED’
  • The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion
  • ‘The Last of Us’ Episode 207 Recap: The End Is the Beginning

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