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JoJo Siwa speaks onstage during iHeartRadio 102.7 KIIS FM's Jingle Ball 2021 presented by Capital One at The Forum on December 03, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: One Year of JoJo Siwa Being Gay

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Heather Hogan January 24, 2022 6 Comments
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Book Lists

Eight Queer Punk and Counterculture Books Set in the 90s

90s queer punk / counterculture / DIY books coming up!

Casey January 24, 2022 13 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Euphoria” Episode 203 Recap: Great Tits and Kurt Cobain’s Haircut

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Drew Burnett Gregory January 24, 2022 27 Comments
A collage featuring the cover of Manywhere by Morgan Thomas and a photo of the author Morgan Thomas
Book Features

Morgan Thomas On Weaving Genderqueer History Into Their Debut Short Fiction Collection “Manywhere”

“I was really interested in writing about specifically Southern and genderqueer characters, in part because I felt like I hadn’t seen myself in both the literature and in the sort of ‘mythos’ of the South. So I wanted to fill in that gap.”

Abbie Jones January 24, 2022 6 Comments
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Music Quizzes

Quiz: Which 70s Soul/Disco Diva Are You?

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danijanae January 23, 2022 20 Comments
Blanche from Golden Girls has a confused look on her face, she is wearing a nightgown
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: In 1986, Golden Girls Created the Most Enduring Lesbian Joke on Television

10 years before Ellen, 25 years before Santana (and if you’re keeping track — 35 years from today), Blanche Devereaux launched the joke that just will not die.

Carmen Phillips January 23, 2022 51 Comments
A close up of Zackary Drucker as Agnes wearing sunglasses and a scarf around her head.
Movie Reviews

Sundance 2022: “Framing Agnes” Is a Complicated Tribute to Trans Invisibility

Framing Agnes is about about the truths we share and the truths we will never know.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 22, 2022 3 Comments
drag race recap 1403: Kornbread, Kerri, Alyssa, June, Willow, and Bosco stand around a table staring down the other queens with smiles.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1403 Recap: Blue Balls

RuPaul may have just RuPauled more than he’s ever RuPauled.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 22, 2022 11 Comments
A design of candy hearts that say "split rent with me" and "be my emergency contact" and "retirement polycule"
Webcomics

Reine #30: Conversation Hearts

Is romance dead?

Ren Strapp January 22, 2022 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs On Your Tube: “Queens” Gives Us The Best Coming Out Speech in Years

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January 21, 2022 3 Comments
Danielle Brooks holds hands with a woman playing her girlfriend in the Suicide Squad spin off Peacemaker
TV Reviews

Danielle Brooks’ Lesbian Character Is the Only Reason to Watch “Peacemaker”

In Danielle Brooks’ lesbian character Leota, Peacemaker finds the depth that it appears to be looking for in its star John Cena, and coming up short.

Carmen Phillips January 21, 2022 12 Comments
A graphic that reads: Play Gay Wordle
Culture

Play This Autostraddle-Themed Spinoff of Wordle for a Good, Gay Time

This version of the internet’s latest favorite word puzzle game features words associated with Autostraddle. And you can play right now!

Sally January 21, 2022 113 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Dressing Like the Antler Queen

“The 80s welcome you back with a glass of lemonade in a clear plastic glass with lemons on it, and a smile on its face.”

Darcy January 21, 2022 9 Comments
In this feature image, there is text in the foreground that reads Into the A+ Advice Box. In the background is a trans woman wearing a leather jacket and regarding the camera with a raised eyebrow. Her hair is shaved on the sides and curly on the top. She has some light eye makeup on. Her skin is medium brown.
AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #52: NEW YEAR, NEW LOOK

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the team January 21, 2022 33 Comments
Barlow & Bear stare into each other's eyes lovingly over a piano.
Culture

“The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical” Co-writer Abigail Barlow Is Already a Bisexual Legend

One year ago Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear were two friends so obsessed with 19th-Century British sex scandals and town gossip. Now they are Grammy nominated for Best Musical Theater Album.

Em Win January 21, 2022 3 Comments
Andre Leon Talley, in gold, laughing and smiling.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Rest in Elegance and Luxury, Andre Leon Talley

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Carmen Phillips January 20, 2022 4 Comments
Che Diaz and Miranda Hobbes face each other in an intense conversation
TV Show Recaps

“And Just Like That” Miranda Casts Herself in a Gay Rom-Com

The energy Miranda is giving in this scene — and, in fact, in this entire episode — is that little pig named Wallace from the Geico commercials who hangs out of the car window holding a pinwheel and screaming.

Heather Hogan January 20, 2022 31 Comments
Avalance: Ava and Sara look scared
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 709 Recap: Avalance Plus Eight

Tensions rise between Sara and Ava as the Real Legends find themselves in a reality show from hell.

Valerie Anne January 20, 2022 10 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Batwoman” Episode 309 Recap: Shut Up and Kiss Me

I’ll say it again: I’ve been watching TV my whole entire life, and I didn’t know I could want this.

Nic January 20, 2022 23 Comments
cards from the modern tarot
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Aquarius Season 2022: What Possibilities Are Revealing Themselves?

As we shift into intellectual, intentional Aquarius, we also invite in the possibility of dreaming.

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