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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
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Pop Culture Fix

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

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

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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

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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

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xoai pham December 14, 2021 5 Comments
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Book Lists

75 of the Best Queer Books of 2021

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Casey December 13, 2021 44 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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

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TV Lists

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

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The TV Team December 13, 2021 41 Comments
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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

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Holigays

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Christmas Quizzes

Holigay Quiz: What Entirely Made Up Gay Hallmark Christmas Movie Are You?

Consider all of these results my official pitches for absurd lesbian Christmas movies that should be made! Get at me, Hallmark!

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