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Against a white background, a yellow cake with pink and white frosting sits on a white plate. The top of the cake is fully smashed.
Sex

We Sat On Cakes to Find Our Joy

After months of holding ourselves back in order to keep ourselves and others safe from COVID, we were chasing abundance.

Trish Fancher June 6, 2022 20 Comments
A group of protesters outside in sunlight holding signs that read "save women's sports" and "females demand fairness."
Society + Culture Sports

Cycling Has a Trans Exclusion Problem

Transphobic groups have picked cycling as a soft target for hate speech, and cycling’s governing body in the USA is doing nothing to protect trans athletes.

James Stout June 6, 2022 19 Comments
A three-photo collage from WeHo Pride: Michela Jae Rodriguez, Janelle Monae, JoJo Siwa
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe, JoJo Siwa, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez & More Show Out at WeHo Pride

Lynda Carter is here to remind you Wonder Woman is a bisexual icon, Margaret Cho shines in Fire Island, Doctor Strange is coming to Disney Plus, and more!

Heather Hogan June 6, 2022 4 Comments
Dating

Join Autostraddle for a Virtual Workshop on COVID-19 and Queer Sexual Health

Do you have questions about sex and dating during an ongoing pandemic? Register for our virtual workshop!

Ro White June 6, 2022 4 Comments
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LGBT Pride

Get Your Autostraddle-Exclusive Jenifer Prince Print This Pride!

A+ members get a whopping $7 off.

Nico June 6, 2022 4 Comments
The cover of Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay by Lars Horn features a swirly blue pattern
LGBT Book Reviews

“Voice of the Fish” Examines the Slippery Nature of Bodies

It’s so hard to have a body. Isn’t it?

Stef Rubino June 6, 2022 1 Comment
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Syd WIFED IT! Singer Announces Marriage on Stage at Concert in Boston

Congrats to the GOAT with the caramel baby face and silky smooth voice on finding The One (TM).

shea wesley martin June 5, 2022 3 Comments
Eight characters from Gentleman Jack: Anne Lister, Ann Walker, Tib Norcliffe, Mariana, Sophie, Queen Maria, and Eliza Raine
Quizzes Television

Quiz: Which Endlessly Dramatic “Gentleman Jack” Gay Are You?

Cue the jaunty lesbian speed-walking music!

Heather Hogan June 5, 2022 15 Comments
A collage in front of magazine cut outs shaped together like waves in colors of orange, greens, and blue. Left to right, in the collage: A yellow blunt bob wig, a triangle pin that says "they," pink body glitter, a rectangle gold pin that says "they/them," and nipple pasties shaped like alien spaceships.
LGBT Pride Shopping

Nine Things to Wear to Pride That Aren’t Clothes, Because F*ck It

This all started because I have been shopping for nipple pasties.

Nico June 4, 2022 10 Comments
In a still from Stranger Things, Robin and Vickie are sitting side by side in their 1980s green marching band uniforms. Vickie is smiling off to the left of cameras and Robin is staring upon the side profile of Vickie's face intensely.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Why Did “Stranger Things” Sideline Robin in Season 4?

Plus updates on Lovestruck High, Legacies, and Charmed!

Natalie and Valerie Anne
June 3, 2022 12 Comments
amber heard in the middle of it all
Society + Culture

Obsessed, Everyone: The Celebrity Defamation Trial

It’s been impossible to avoid news of the Amber Heard / Johnny Depp trial, and its verdict isn’t sitting so well.

Riese June 3, 2022 29 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Getting Handsy for Pride

“I started using my fingers a few years ago and never looked back!”

Darcy June 3, 2022 5 Comments
A collage of 8 images. From L-R: A small white dog wearing a dark-blue button up printed with oranges. Below him: A smiling model wearing a button-up in the same print. Next, a grey hoodie printed with the words “Welcome Everyone” in the Progress Pride colors. Below that: A crop top made for dogs and cats in the same print. Next, A small orange dog with ears that look like pigtails wearing a button-up printed with black toucans with red beaks, and green palm fronds. Below him: An adult button-up in the same print. Last: A Black model with loose, shoulder-length curls posing in a triangle bralette and high-waisted undies. Below her: A white dog with one brown ear wearing a hoodie. The undies and hoodie are both printed with eggs and bacon on a light blue background. The collage is framed in light blue.
Pets & Animals Shopping

Six Outfits You Can Buy to Match Your Dog

Because what’s cuter than a dog in a vacation shirt? A dog AND their queer person in vacation shirts, that’s what!

Darcy June 3, 2022 14 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #61: When Should a Person Cut Off Given Family?

Being in your 30’s with no queer dating experience, packing a carry-on for a long-distance date, dealing with astrology if you don’t believe in it, and more!

the team June 3, 2022 33 Comments
The cover of The J Girls by Rochelle Hurt features a split pair of jeans exposing a black thong
LGBT Book Reviews

“The J Girls” Review: Sex, Fire Sauce, and Growing Up in the 90s

The poetry collection is quite a refreshing portrayal of Midwestern teenage girlhood — more focused on exploring the messiness of truth than pleasantries.

shea wesley martin June 3, 2022 2 Comments
A collage of the American Girl Doll Molly in: pajamas, her original navy blue outfit and red sweater vest, and her softball uniform. She's photoshopped in front of rainbow confetti and a white hand making a peace sign with PRID painted on its wrist.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: American Girl Denies Molly Came Out For Pride Month, But We Know The Truth

How to wear boxers in public, Lynda Carter is tearing down homophobes like she’s Wonder Woman, and if you’re still thinking about Amber Heard — donate to orgs that support domestic violence survivors.

Carmen Phillips June 2, 2022 9 Comments
an original watercolor by Wallace May featuring Gabrielle, a blond woman, sleeping with her small white dog Kimberly on top of her
First Person Pets & Animals

What To Know Before You Get a Dog

When you first meet her, scared and sick and alone, you’ll know that if you don’t take her with you she’ll probably die. Of course, she’s going to die either way. Better to have a life with you first, you’ll decide. You’ll make it nice for her. You’ll try your best, at least.

Gabrielle Korn June 2, 2022 19 Comments
Two queer-looking people in masks celebrating with confetti, a flower frame wraps around them
Health LGBT Pride

10 Ways to Keep Your Disabled / Chronically Ill Friends Safer This Pride

We clown on the commodification of Pride, but what good is that if we continue to perpetuate all the ableism intrinsic in capitalism in our own spaces?

Heather Hogan June 2, 2022 15 Comments
A screenshot from The Foundation for AIDS Research's "Scenes from Angels in America" fundraiser. Vella Lovell as Harper is superimposed above Andrew Rannells as Prior. The backdrop is a mix of a starry sky over a building and a staircase with candles leading from the bottom of the frame to the top. Lovell wears a black nightie and Rannells wears a turquoise robe and makeup.
First Person Theater

Slow Takes: A Tribute to Zoom Theatre

The story of how I joined theatre is like if the Disney Channel was dark and gay.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 2, 2022 8 Comments
A Black woman with braids wears a brown leather jacket and holds a book in front of her face.
Literature

Rainbow Reading: What Are You Reading This Pride Month?

Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news you can use.

Yashwina June 2, 2022 22 Comments
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