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Casey May 2, 2022 18 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lovestruck High Looks Like Glee’s Gayest Fever Dream

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Heather Hogan May 2, 2022 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

BREAKING: JoJo Siwa Confirms She’s Back Together With Kylie Prew, We Love To See It

JoJo Siwa has confirmed that she has unlocked the “getting back together with your ex-girlfriend” level of lesbianism by reuniting with Kylie Prew.

Riese May 1, 2022 12 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

What’s New and Gay To Stream in May 2022

May 2022 is bringing us a new queer-inclusive dating show, Season 4 of the Circle, the return of The Wilds and Girls5Eva and Hacks, “Conversations With Friends,” and more!

Riese May 1, 2022 4 Comments
Photo 1: A woman looks confused. Photo 2: A woman sings into a karaoke mic. Photo 3: A couple holds a rainbow flag. Photo 4: A woman looks at her phone. Photo 5: A woman holds a martini. Photo 6: A woman looks at her phone, confused. Photo 7: A woman wags her finger. Photo 8: A group of friends are out to brunch.
Quizzes

Quiz: Decorate a House and I’ll Tell You Your Toxic Trait

If there’s two things I love, it’s interior design and chaos.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 1, 2022 32 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for May 2022

May is a high-octane car chase that gets caught in a time loop. Are you ready?

Corina Dross May 1, 2022 2 Comments
There are two rows of four AS team members in this collage. Top from left to right, Nicole a white genderqueer human with glasses holds up a glass bowl of wild violets, Heather a white soft butch woman with short gray hair and black glasses holds up three orange roses and raises an eyebrow winningly, Carmen a Black woman with curly hair glasses and hoop earrings who is also wearing a cute bandanna tied in a bow at the top of her head is holding up a bouquet of small pink flowers and smiling with her eyes over them, and Tracy and Mia who are our Yikes tech team hold up a bouquet of spring flowers - Tracy has short black hair and a nose piercing and is asian, Mia is wearing a beanie and has a gray bob. On the bottom left to right, Vanessa a white woman with long brown hair wearing sunglasses and a pink outfit is posing near a bounty of pink blossoms on a tree her head raised in a blissful expression, Dani a Black woman with curly Black hair and large vintage inspired glasses gazes at the viewer with lips slightly parted while holden a bouquet of flowers in various shades of yellow that also match her gold top, Casey a white woman holds her baby who is smiling softly while Casey smiles broadly in front of a single red tulip, and Shelli a Black woman with long black hair and a nose piercing smiles playfully over a single white rose.
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 91: April 2022

“Have you tried butter on toast though?… it’s pretty good.”

The Editors April 30, 2022 38 Comments
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Pets & Animals

These Miniature Snails Are the Small Pocket of Joy You Really Need

I have a thesis about why snails are queer culture, but it comes down to this: there’s a snail in this post that will sleep on a perfectly recreated mini-bed made out of a Belgian waffle. Either you’re into that or you’re not (and you should be).

Carmen Phillips April 30, 2022 6 Comments
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Food and Drink

I Tried Instagram’s Latest Favorite Tinned Fish Product and It’s a Perfect Weekend Treat

Welcome to Fish Party, a new series about tinned fish, friendship, and dyke domesticity. First up: a review of the hot and salty Fishwife x Fly By Jing collab!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 30, 2022 2 Comments
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TV News & Trailers

Batwoman Cancelled After Three Seasons, a Devastating Blow to Anyone Cheering for a Black Lesbian Superhero

She was OUR Batwoman, and we’ll never forget who “our” is.

Carmen Phillips April 29, 2022 35 Comments
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Identity

Janelle Monáe’s Art Was The Musical Manifestation of My Truest Self

Growing up, I looked to Monae as a Black femme musician whose art and existence challenged traditional definitions of Black womanhood.

Amari Gaiter April 29, 2022 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “Naomi” Knows We’ve All Been in Love With Our Best Friends

Plus updates on All American, New Amsterdam, A Million Little Things, and Legacies!

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Book Features

Things I Read That I Loved #326: It Was 1997 and Everything Seemed Mostly Okay.

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Riese April 29, 2022 4 Comments
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Movie News & Trailers

Watch An Exclusive Clip From Queer French Rom-Com, “Anaïs In Love”

“Anaïs In Love” comes out today and it has one of the steamiest beach scenes ever.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 29, 2022 17 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Remembering the Girls Who Wore Abercrombie & Fitch

“old & queer!!! i am also all caps excited! but typing lowercase for aesthetic!!”

Darcy April 29, 2022 8 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“Anaïs in Love” Is A Queer Celebration of Chaos

The film is similar to the Old Hollywood screwball comedies. It celebrates a queer woman by embracing her chaos in a world built on structure.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 29, 2022 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

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Your new lesbian pop anthem of summer is here and ready for a listen, the crash-and-burn of Netflix, and the most recent Brittney Griner updates.

Carmen Phillips April 28, 2022 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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Natalie April 28, 2022 5 Comments
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First Person

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Something had to change, because I’d never be free, be myself, if I kept it up. I decided to take the biggest risk yet, and started transitioning again.

miralazine April 28, 2022 5 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Hulu’s “Crush” Hits All the Teen Rom-Com Beats, But in a Gay Way

I feel pretty excited for a young queer person who might choose to watch this because it’s gay, and find a whole fleshed out (if slightly idyllic) world.

Analyssa April 28, 2022 7 Comments
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