You Gave Us The Best 13th Birthday Gift We Could Ask For!
You got us WELL PAST OUR GOALS! Thank you, thank you! We hope you’re proud of what you’ve accomplished these past two weeks!
Join Us on the 13th Birthday A+ Pop-Up Discord Server!
It’s finally time!
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1411 Recap: I’m Horny but Daya Is Hornier
“Backstage, tipsy Daya says that she’s a lesbian for Camden right now.”
Reine #32: Different Fonts
Same person, different fonts. It’s just a side effect of queers having style I guess.
Boobs on Your Tube: Amelia and Hot Doctor Kai Had One of the Hottest Dates in Grey’s History
Plus updates on A Million Little Things, All American, Astrid and Lily Save the World, and Charmed!
Autostraddle March Madness: Fill Out Your Better Halves Brackets Now!
I’ve wondered how someone chooses between two halves of a ship, how do you pick your favorite?And that’s how we got to this year’s March Madness theme: Better Halves. Voting begins next week, but you can fill out your bracket now!
Things I Read That I Loved #325: Like a Hippie Van Collided With a Paint Factory
Topics include TED Talks, murder, Morrissey, a horrific party limousine crash, infertility, the Atlanta Spa Shootings, Super Bowl Halftime Shows, a legendary Massachusetts roadside restaurant and more.
Real Housewives of Miami Is a Strong Argument Against Having Straight Friends
Julia’s dynamic with Adriana doesn’t look much different from the myriad co-dependent and somewhat romantic friendship duos of other Housewives programs, but it’s treated differently because of Julia’s bisexuality.
The Comment Awards Are Thirty Going on Thirteen
“Someday I’m gonna be a sexy spinster with a house full of ethically sourced dead ravens AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME!”
Into the A+ Advice Box #56: IMPOSTER SYNDROME, SELF-SABOTAGE, and SELF-DOUBT
A lack of focus, the road not taken, fear of dating — the team tackles these topics and more!
Also.Also.Also: I Still Can’t Stop Thinking About Brittney Griner
Jemele Hill on Brittney Griner (and ICYMI — updates on BG’s detention), how gullibility became our new normal, and are we wrong about introverts vs. extroverts?
“Good Trouble” Episode 402 Recap: It’s Where You Belong
Stef and Lena return… to help Callie make a huge, life-changing, show-changing decision.
No One Else Is Going to Look Out for Us
“‘You realize you’re taking away the jobs and the health insurance of five people at the start of a pandemic and you don’t have to, right?’ She looked at me with her blue eyes, hands clasped to her heart and told me, ‘I have to do this for me.'”
CW’s “Two Sentence Horror Stories” Has Werewolves and Vampires and Lesbians, Oh My!
Of course the lesbian episode of this supernatural anthology series is also the werewolf and vampire episode AS IT SHOULD BE.
In Verse: Poetry Collections for Impressing the One You Love
Being in love is to be full of swell, all bells, and tinkles.
It’s a Friday Open Thread, but on a Thursday!
Today, in honor of our 13th birthday this month (!) and the extraordinary fundraiser Nicole is leading to keep us going (hopefully for 13 more years and then some!) we are hosting a rare and special open thread! Get in here!
The Gayest Things You Did at 13
111. I wrote hundreds of love letters to Janet Jackson. I never sent them, but was convinced that we would end up married some day.
How To Be 13 and on Myspace Again
Photo albums, HTML customization, and choosing your profile song all offer endless possibilities to express yourself.
Pop Culture Fix: Generation Q’s Arienne Mandi (Dani!) Is Gaying Up Hallmark Movies Now
Also! Mary Lambert crying while covering Melissa Etheridge is for sure the gayest thing you will see today, Tegan and Sara are so excited about the New York Post’s lesbian fashion op-ed, and Stephanie Beatriz recorded Encanto’s Waiting on a Miracle while she was in labor!
A+ Members: Join the Selection Committee for Autostraddle’s 2022 March Madness Contest
Want to revel in everything Gigi? Drag her relationships with Bette and Dani to the top of the Generation Q region. Did you share the internet’s disdain for Miranda and Che? Drop them to the bottom of the Grown region. Make whatever choices for whatever reason seems right to you.