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First Person

High School and Everything After

You can’t be gay in 1999. But I’m not, so that’s just fine.

Darcy August 8, 2022 23 Comments
Sue Bird #10 of the Seattle Storm acknowledges fans before her last regular season home game of her career against the Las Vegas Aces at Climate Pledge Arena on August 07, 2022
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sue Bird Smooches Megan Rapinoe, Shouts Out Seattle Gay Bar in Final Home Game

A new queer era for Doctor Who, #SaveGentlemanJack flash mobs Shibden Hall, Paper Girls’ gayness succeeds where Stranger Things fails, HOCUS POCUS CEREAL, and more!

Heather Hogan August 8, 2022 8 Comments
A woman with long brown hair wears light pink lipstick and a light blue button up shirt that's unbuttoned at the top stands against a grey background. Her face and chest are covered in blank yellow Post-it notes.
Parenting & Family

Queer Co-parenting Helped Me Unlearn Everything TV Taught Me About Family

Queer parenting insists that parenting is a verb, an action and identity available to any and all adults who take on a shared responsibility.

Kate August 8, 2022 5 Comments
Jodi Balfour wears a pink dress and holds hands with Abbi Jacobson, who she is engaged to and who is wearing a red dress at the League of Their Own premiere red carpet.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Abbi Jacobson Is Engaged! Happy “A League of Their Own” Week to All Who Celebrate

Abbi Jacobson and FIANCÉE Jodi Balfour made their red carpet debut together at the Los Angeles premiere of A League of Their Own.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 8, 2022 11 Comments
A plate of french toast with strawberries, surrounded by a bunch of eyes.
First Person

Opening Up at a North Country Diner

I never got used to the cold, North Country weather.

Lily Alvarado August 8, 2022 9 Comments
The diners from Grease, Gilmore Girls, Twin Peaks, and Riverdale
Quizzes

Quiz: What Diner From Pop Culture Are You?

It’s Diner Week, and we’re asking an important question: What famous cinematic diner are you?

Darcy August 7, 2022 22 Comments
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First Person

Scenes From a Jersey Diner

This is what it means to be from New Jersey. The roughness around the edges isn’t hidden away or sugar-coated.

Katie August 7, 2022 26 Comments
An old television screen shows an image of eggs and bacon. Behind it are planets and rock formations. There is a meatball with red onion for its rings, looking like Saturn. A hand holds a remote.
First Person

Welcome to Diner Week — What Are You Having?

Welcome to Diner Week, a 12-part series of essays by Autostraddle writers and editors set in diners.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 7, 2022 15 Comments
Geekery

Pokémon as Lesbian Movies

It’s been a rough week; have some Lesbian Pokémovies. 

Heather Hogan August 6, 2022 7 Comments
Webcomics

Reine #37: Unrestrained Summer Fun

There’s more to life than work. Fight for the four day work week, paid vacation, flexible hours! Get out there!

Ren Strapp August 6, 2022 4 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “Grown-ish” Trades a Performative Lesbian Lovefest for Nacho Night

Plus updates on The Chi, For All Mankind, Only Murders in the Building, Roswell, and American Horror Stories.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
August 5, 2022 3 Comments
A still from They/Them in which Veronica [Monique Kim], a bisexual Asian woman with dyed red and black hair buzzed short on one side and Kim [Anna Lore] a white lesbian with long blonde hair, sit on a dock on a lake at a gay conversion camp. They have looks of deep concern and worry on their faces.
Movie Reviews

“They/Them” Review: Peacock’s New Queer Slasher Is Too Timid for Its Talented Cast

For a movie that bills itself as a queer empowerment film, there is neither enough fighting back nor enough in-your-face queerness.

Nico August 5, 2022 9 Comments
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Geekery

“Raptor Boyfriend” Video Game Review: You’re a Cryptid? That’s Cute

Queer dating sim “Raptor Boyfriend” lets you pursue the cryptid of your dreams.

Julie Gentile August 5, 2022 2 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Know: Lesbians Find a Way

(Jeff Goldblum voice) “Lesbians… uh, find a way.”

Darcy August 5, 2022 4 Comments
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Music

Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Is an Unapologetic Dedication to Blackness and Queerness

I’ve grown to see sampling, when done well, as a love language, a way to remain connected to our history and communicate with the musical innovators who shaped, and continue to breathe life into, our culture.

Amari Gaiter August 5, 2022 3 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #65: So You Think You Might Be Gender Fluid

Advice on studying with ADHD, envying they/them pronouns, finding the best outfits to match glamorous heels, masturbation, and more!

the team August 5, 2022 26 Comments
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First Person

Here’s How Our Lives Have Improved Since Quitting Drinking: A Candid Conversation Between Sober Queers

“I love that sober sex is so much better for me. Even masturbating is better.”

danijanae, Analyssa and Tracy Levesque
August 5, 2022 11 Comments
A photo of Breonna Taylor is seen among other photos of women who have lost their lives as a result of violence during the 2nd Annual Defend Black Women March in Black Lives Matter Plaza on July 30, 2022
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Finally, 4 Police Officers Federally Charged in Breonna Taylor’s Murder

What should an LGBTQ museum be, the many benefits of a four-day work week, just how big abortion won in Kansas and what that means for the midterms, and more.

Heather Hogan August 4, 2022 4 Comments
Photo 1: A group of kids on a little league baseball team gather around their coaches. Photo 2: The writer, Drew, as a young child stands on a baseball field wearing a Mets uniform, a baseball hat, and a baseball glove. Photo 3: Drew holds a bat and wears a 2 jersey and baseball hat while smiling at the camera. Photo 4: Drew swings at a baseball (and is clearly going to miss). Photo 5: Drew wears a 22 jersey and baseball hat and is standing over the plate with a bat, ready to swing.
First Person Sports

An Interview With My Dad About Baseball

And about being the parent of a trans kid.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 4, 2022 19 Comments
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Sports

Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison by Russian Court, Let This Next Step Bring Her Home

Today is harder than most. But I have to hope — because really, what’s the other choice? — that this guilty verdict is the next step to bringing her home, quickly and safely. There’s no other way.

Carmen Phillips August 4, 2022 19 Comments
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