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On a couch at the Coterie, Malika regales Angelica with tales from her first day of work. They're sitting on opposite ends of the couch, staring at each other, each holding a glass of wine.
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 403 Recap: First Day and First Time

Big week for Malika: new job, first time with a girl! Bad week for Mariana: she is spinning out after Callie’s departure. Plus special guest star: Supergirl’s Nicole Maines!

Natalie March 24, 2022
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Gender Queer Pregnancy

I Wish I’d Medically Transitioned Before Giving Birth

Less than a year after giving birth, I decided to medically transition. I wish I’d done it sooner.

Sage Agee March 24, 2022 21 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading: It’s Queer Lit Awards Season!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya guest hosts Rainbow Reading this week, highlighting new LGBTQ+ book releases, events, book sales, and more!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 24, 2022 4 Comments
In a two panel comic with a bright blue sky, Dickens yawns. Their friend Saria notes, “oh are we back to boxes now”— referencing the comic style — and Dickens responds, “for no reason a all, I have no energy for anything more complex right now.” Saria responds to that with a question mark.
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Foolish Child #116: Four Hours of Sleep

“Just saying all of that made ME tired.”

Dickens March 23, 2022 7 Comments
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Book Lists Movie Lists TV Lists

22 Fictional Books From Movies and TV Shows We Would Really Like to Actually Read

Anybody got a copy of “Station Eleven” or um, “The Wrong Side of the Bed; Corruption, Cover-Ups and a Crisis of Culture on America’s #1 Morning Show”?

Riese March 23, 2022 18 Comments
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Gender

What Trans Visibility Could Mean for Trans People, and Everyone Else

Visibility can be a trap in many ways because we never got to set the terms by which we are viewed.

Emma Ambrose March 23, 2022 3 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: You Can Wear Whatever You Want to Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe’s Lesbian Wedding

Also! Che Diaz and the City will be back for a second season, why Amber Benson declined a Buffy comeback, and more Disney characters who were meant to be gay.

Heather Hogan March 23, 2022 9 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I’m Emotional About This Photo of Melissa King and Michelle Yeoh

Plus, it’s a double Keke Palmer week on No Filter.

Christina Tucker March 23, 2022 4 Comments
Ketanji Brown Jackson, a Black woman with dark skin, round glass, and shoulder length dreadlocks, is in a red blazer as she sits alone at a desk in front of Congress.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Next Stop the First Black Woman to Sit On the Supreme Court

Disney employees walked out today, Sue Bird on her time playing in russia, and Marilyn Manson always told us what he was.

Carmen Phillips March 22, 2022 2 Comments
TEXT: Autostraddle March Madness, in purple against a teal background. Pictures: Eight photos of Generation Q couples featured in the first round match-ups
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Autostraddle March Madness: Better Halves — Generation Q

Which of the 16 participants in the Gen Q region will move onto the field of 32? You decide — starting now!

Natalie March 22, 2022 21 Comments
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Politics + Activism

I’m Trans and I’m Not Leaving Texas

I’m not running away from this fight.

KB Brookins March 22, 2022 9 Comments
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“My Volcano” Is an Abnormal, Bizarre, Exhilarating Novel About a Volcano Suddenly Emerging in Central Park

My Volcano is an abnormal, bizarre, sometimes frustratingly opaque novel — but it’s also one of the most exhilarating ones I’ve read in years.

Abbie Jones March 22, 2022
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Relationships

You Need Help: My Girlfriend Has No Queer Friends, Is That a Problem?

This is very clearly your problem, not your girlfriend’s problem, and resolving it will be your work, not hers.

Abbie Jones March 22, 2022 25 Comments
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The Autostraddle Senior Team Hang on Our A+ Pop-Up Discord is NOW!

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TV Show Recaps

“Killing Eve” 404 Recap: Eve and Hélène Share a Bath, Some Soup, and Spit

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 21, 2022 16 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Meet The TikTok Twins Playing Tegan and Sara on Their New TV Show

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Heather Hogan March 21, 2022 10 Comments
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AF+

A+ Roundtable: The Keepsakes We Just Can’t Let Go Of

What keepsake do you hold onto that nobody else would understand?

the team March 21, 2022 5 Comments
Santana Lopez (Naya Rivera) from Glee wears a cheerleading uniform while rolling her eyes and pulling at a string of her pom-pom
TV Feature

The Essay I Wrote About Santana Lopez When I Was 19 and Closeted, Annotated by My Present Self

Read the 700-word essay I wrote for a zine in college about queer representation on Glee even though at the time I identified as STRAIGHT.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 21, 2022 16 Comments
Photo 1: King Princess performs onstage with a guitar. Photo 2: Amandla Stenberg stares at the camera in black and white. There's a broken heart between them.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Music

Charting Celesbian Breakup Albums: “Cheap Queen” and “Valentine”

Queer celebrity breakup albums are just the next phase of evolution from reading into celebrity post-breakup tweets. Because after all, what is a breakup album if not just a really long subtweet? 

Analyssa March 21, 2022 11 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Aries Season 2022: Which Dreams Are You Going to Protect?

Think of Aries season as an opportunity to get your shit together.

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