Sundance 2025: A Gay and Trans Festival Recap
That’s a wrap on the 2025 Sundance Film Festival! Read about everything Drew Burnett Gregory saw, including the best of LGBTQ+ cinema and beyond.
Sundance 2025: ‘Heightened Scrutiny’ Is a Tribute to Trans Solidarity
I spent most of Heightened Scrutiny crying into the arms of my partner.
Quiz: What Lesbian Form of Transportation Are You?
It’s Sunday, and you know what that means! The Autostraddle editors have prepped a brand new way for you to procrastinate from the little Sunday tasks you promised yourself you’d do.
Sundance 2025: ‘Sally’ Is a Documentary Portrait of Sally Ride and Her Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years
Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.
The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025
Check out our top five picks for the month along with the rest of the LGBTQ book slate for February.
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1705 Recap: Saved By the Pull
Overall, I’d say this RDR Live! was still less painful than the one SNL episode I’ve watched in recent years.
February 2025: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Max, Paramount+, Prime Video and Peacock
The third season of Yellowjackets is finally here! Plus, Sepideh Moafi plays gay again, Laverne Cox headlines a new comedy and a few queer indies are making their streaming debuts.
Sundance 2025: ‘Rains Over Babel’ Is Queer Cinema That’s Wholesome and Transgressive
This has been a terrible week to be trans in the U.S. and I’m so grateful I could take a break and spend a couple hours in Gala del Sol’s fantastical world.
Sundance 2025: ‘Come See Me in the Good Light’ Is More Than Andrea Gibson’s Cancer Story — It’s Their Love Story
This film isn’t a straight-forward artist portrait. It’s a portrait of Gibson and their partner, fellow poet Megan Falley, as they navigate Gibson’s incurable cancer diagnosis. It’s a tender look at two queer people in love and a celebration of the desire to live.
How Rachel Rampleman Built the Largest Drag Archive in the U.S.
Life is Drag currently features over 350 video portraits by 200+ drag artists.
Why Won’t My Gay Coworker Hang Out With Me and My Gay Friends?
Why does your queer coworker not want to hang out with you?? Also, a reader is given a Sophie’s choice between their husband or their would-be paramour.
Sundance 2025: New Documentary ‘GEN_’ Normalizes Fertility Care and Trans Healthcare
The best compliment I can give GEN_ is that it’s kind of boring.
Sundance 2025: ‘Sauna’ Tells a New Trans Story the Same Old Way
It’s technically true that I cannot think of another feature film about a cis gay man grappling with his feelings about dating a trans man for the first time. So why does Mathias Broe’s Sauna feel so dated and predictable?
A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts
Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have houses and almost everyone has nosy neighbors.
Quintessa Swindell Can Punch You In the Face
The ‘Trinkets’ and ‘Prime Target’ actor discusses their directorial debut where they play a Muay Thai fighter facing off against their childhood best friend.
Sundance 2025: ‘Where the Wind Comes From’ Gives Us a Queer Girl/Guy Best Friend Platonic Love Story
There’s a propulsive energy to the film that makes it a blast to watch even as the characters face hardships.
Trump Wants To Fight Imaginary Indoctrination in Public Schools by Implementing Ahistorical and Anti-Trans Indoctrination
Trump’s Executive Orders aimed at America’s schools make it clear his administration wants to destroy public education.
Sundance 2025: ‘Jimpa’ Should Have Embraced Its Straight Protagonist
If someone watching this film had never met a queer person, they’d assume “dancing in slow motion” was what we were all about.
How To Argue Effectively Against Trump’s Executive Order Banning Health Care For Transgender Youth
Trump’s executive order attempting to ban gender-affirming care for trans people under the age of 19 relies on lies and misinformation to push through sweeping reform that will ruin a lot of lives.
Becoming Babygirl: How Erotica and Kink Saved My Life
As a mother and a career-driven individual who holds power in various aspects of my own life, I immediately related to Babygirl’s Romy.