Results for: the real l word
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Gallup Reports on Minuscule LGBT Population, Actually Gets Some Stuff Right
So what if we’re only 3.4% of the population? We’re an interesting bunch of people.
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The Rumors Are True: Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris Are Dating
An inside source from actor Sophia Bush and soccer player Ashlyn Harris’s very queer and athletic social group has revealed that Sophia and Ashlyn went on their first date “a few weeks ago.”
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The Gay B C’s of Sex: G Is for Gold Star Lesbian
Put on your lesbian hard hats — we’re about to enter dangerous territory.
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This Is “-Ussy”: On Mainstream Culture’s Embrace of Queer Language
Frankly, I don’t think most straight people have the wit to make -ussy funny and campy the way we have.
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Lesbian Weddings on TV: From Carol and Susan to Bette and Tina
The history of lesbian weddings on TV: parents refusing to attend, wild ’90s hats, untimely deaths, a weed brownie rave on the Eiffel Tower, an impromptu prison wedding, the union of two solo gems and so much more.
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Our Hottest Takes About 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and Film
Today you’re getting our entire team’s spiciest takes about 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and film, something I was only able to convince people to participate in because Nico said we could keep them safely tucked within A+.
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Daniel Sea on Max’s Return to “The L Word: Generation Q”
“My wish was for Max’s present to reflect more of a life like mine. I don’t hang out with mostly cis people, I don’t hang out with mostly white people. Diverse is such a weird word but my community is mixed and diverse in all sorts of ways. That’s my queer community.”
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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!
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Presenting the Winners of the 2022 Autostraddle TV Awards!
We might not come with a fancy in-person ceremony or physical trophies, but as mainstream awards continue to overlook groundbreaking LGBTQ+ series, we vitally fill a gap in the television awards pomp and circumstance.
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This One Time At Queer Writing Camp: All About the 2013 Lambda Literary Retreat
What I learned from a week on a hilltop with 50 queer writers.
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52 TV Shows With Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Characters Cancelled After One Season
140 TV shows with lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans women characters only got one season to shine before getting cancelled. Here are just some of the many LGBTQ+ shows that were gone too soon.
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Boobs on Your Tube: Willow’s Queer Knight Wants Your Grubby Hands off Her Princess!
Plus updates on The Sex Lives of College Girls and Survivor!
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Instagram’s New Away Message Feature Got Me in My Middle-Aged Feels
Leave your funniest (or wittiest) “Note” (read: Instagram away message) in the comments — we all could use more joy these days!
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No Filter: The Best Part of “The L Word: Generation Q” Is Watching Shane Be a Cool Gay Aunt
Also, one week til King Princess drops some new bops!
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We Need More Sex Scenes
I want a Hollywood of intimacy coordinators and queerness and open sexuality — not exploitation, abuse, and secrecy.
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Every Celebrity You Know Went to Beyoncé’s Birthday Show, Here’s All the Gays
A fellow earth sign herself, Kehlani easily wins “top” prize (see what I did there?) for most thorough recap of the night.
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 101: February 2023
Can we open it with “The Paris Review can blow us” and then just like…not explain?
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I Focused My Time on Proving Her Wrong
“I remember telling my girlfriend at the time, ‘I’m going to write for them some day,’ to which she replied, ‘You can try but it’s pretty competitive. I don’t think you’ll ever be good enough to write for them.'”
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Were We Ever So Young: Couples We Used To Ship and Were Extremely Wrong About
Now we are older and wiser! We can look back on our favorite toxic ships with compassion or horror or both.
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“A Darker Wilderness” Carves a Space for Blackness in Nature
I held these words close as I walked through my neighborhood in a town named after perhaps the most famous colonizer in the Americas.