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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Just for the Sake of It

The transformative power of queer breakups, exploring the ongoing trauma of the AIDS crisis, some 2021 faves, and more.

Ryan Yates December 16, 2021 3 Comments
Dickens says that they want to come home and draw funny, fluffy things about their favorite ship- not trauma. They are wearing a purple shirt and are against a purple ombre background. This s all hand drawn.
Webcomics

Foolish Child #110: Trauma Dump

“The trauma dump comes later, in the form of long and elaborate fan fiction.”

Dickens December 15, 2021 2 Comments
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Christmas Movie Lists

The Gay Nightmare Before Christmas: A Holiday Fanfic of Disturbing Lesbian Movies

Consider this your break from happy endings and an opportunity for some gay yuletide catharsis.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 15, 2021 7 Comments
Kate Bishop and Clint in Hawkeye
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Make Kate Bishop Gay, Hawkeye! This is RIDICULOUS!

Sue Bird, Megan Rapinoe, Ashlyn Harris, and Ali Krieger joined Off The Looking Glass this week; revisiting Fried Green Tomatoes three decades later; and Gotham Knights is on the way to the CW!

Heather Hogan December 15, 2021 13 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

The Watch List for Trans People Who Need a Smile This Holiday

Whether you want a distraction or a boost in serotonin, this list of films, series, and YouTube gems should keep you going through family time.

xoai pham December 15, 2021 3 Comments
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TV Lists

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer TV Couples of 2021

Love? Not a lie!

The TV Team December 15, 2021 11 Comments
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AF+

Back To The Queer Future #2: Dapper Style Dilemma

Can you help Gladys pick the right outfit to galvanise her butch style before she makes her stage debut?

Sally December 15, 2021 11 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Am Always in a Place To Discuss a DAMN EAR CUFF ON SARA RAMIREZ BECAUSE IT IS DEEPLY HOT!!!!

Plus, one thing Laverne Cox is gonna do is dance in a gorgeous gown, Niecy Nash invented the color blue, and Black girls doing photoshoots in the ocean are top among my favorite things in life.

Christina Tucker December 15, 2021 3 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: End Your Day With the Top 10 Lesbian Longing Glances of 2021, Thank Us Later

How the unicorn became everything to everyone, help trans youth this holigay season with Transanta, and honoring the homoerotic mark of Anne Rice.

Carmen Phillips December 14, 2021 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

Candace Parker Is Gay and Gay Married With a Gay Pregnant Wife

Well and now the Chicago Sky are for sure the gayest team in the WNBA!

Heather Hogan December 14, 2021 32 Comments
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First Person Holigays

Grief Is a Promise

The unthinkable can and will happen, but sorrow and loss are only splinters of what we can handle. The ritual is in the remembering.

SC Dillon December 14, 2021 5 Comments
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AF+

It’s Time To Go Back To The Queer Future!

You’ve somehow been thrust back to the year 2009, and something is playing havoc with the space-time continuum.

Sally December 14, 2021 31 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: I Don’t Know How To Be a Casual Friend

It sounds like you want to be neutral with your former friend. That will take some work and some boundary-setting on your part, but it’s doable.

Vanessa December 14, 2021 7 Comments
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Community

Love Letters to Trans People: Part 1

Consider this a reminder to check your virtual mailbox. You have some love letters addressed to you!

xoai pham December 14, 2021 5 Comments
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Book Lists

75 of the Best Queer Books of 2021

It was a banner year for queer horror! Plus, fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, nonfiction, YA, middle grade, poetry picks — and so much more!

Casey December 13, 2021 44 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Yellowjackets” Episode 105 Recap: Seances, Blood, and Gay Makeouts Against Trees

The show’s Halloween episode delivers horror, humor, queerness, and — most importantly — A CALIGULA SIGHTING.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 13, 2021 41 Comments
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TV Lists

Autostraddle’s Favorite and Least Favorite Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans TV Characters of 2021

Y’all ever heard of Ryan Wilder?

The TV Team December 13, 2021 41 Comments
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AF+

Our Hobbies Our Shelves: The Top 8 Dykiest Things on Kayla’s Shelves

There are two copies of The Fact Of A Doorframe in my home, but there were almost four.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 13, 2021 1 Comment
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Russian Doll’s Lesbian Co-Creator Teams With Amandla Stenberg for New Star Wars Series

Also! It’s Sara Ramirez’s world, we’re just living in it. Dickinson was a queer dream for Ella Hunt. The Sex Lives of College Girls should be your new happy show. And more!

Heather Hogan December 13, 2021
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Holigays

Ground Yourself With a Five Step Ritual To Take Care of Your Inner Child

By convening with our inner-children as adults, we’re able to establish new holiday traditions to meet our own needs.

Saif Arbee December 13, 2021
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