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Movie Reviews

Lifetime’s “Under the Christmas Tree” Is the Holigay Rom-Com You’ve Been Waiting For

Elise Bauman and Tattiawna Jones are charming as heck in this very sweet, very low stakes romantic comedy that takes place in a town that might as well be the North Pole.

Heather Hogan December 20, 2021 31 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Yellowjackets” Episode 106 Recap: Hauntings From the Past and the Future

Lottie is officially the show’s Cassandra, Shauna’s dreaming of giving birth to a rotisserie chicken, and Taissa and Van go skinnydipping in the lake!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 20, 2021 45 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Marisa Tomei Wanted Spider-Man’s Aunt May to Be Gay

Hunter Schaefer is “bi or pan or something,” Niecy Nash is just getting started, Tien Tran is playing queer in How I Met Your Father, and more!

Heather Hogan December 20, 2021 5 Comments
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TV Lists

Autostraddle’s Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual TV Episodes of 2021

The artistic masterpieces, the heartbreakers, and the fan fiction.

The TV Team December 20, 2021 3 Comments
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AF+

Back To The Queer Future #6: Stuck In The Stacks

Can you help Audre Lorde shelve all the books so she can work on completing her first book of poetry?

Sally December 20, 2021 6 Comments
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Community

Love Letters to Trans People: Part 2

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

xoai pham December 20, 2021 3 Comments
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First Person Holigays

The Stories We Tell

One of my earliest memories, perhaps my earliest one, is watching the snow fall from the sliding glass doors to the balcony of the small apartment my family rented in a Boston suburb.

himani December 20, 2021 12 Comments
AF+

Back To The Queer Future #5: Duck The Police

Can you help Rose avoid the police so she can go on to found the Daughters of Bilitis?

Sally December 19, 2021 7 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Not Call Their Body A Temple

The body doesn’t have to be a temple, don’t hook up with your ex over the holidays, no really don’t do it, and more.

Ryan Yates December 19, 2021 3 Comments
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The L Word

“The L Word” Breakups as Adele Songs

WE KNOW, BETTE. WE KNOW!

Jeanna December 18, 2021 2 Comments
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AF+

Back To The Queer Future #4: Pamphlet Panic

Can you help Edyth make sense of what she’s written so she can finish the first ever edition of Vice Versa?

Sally December 18, 2021 10 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Harlem” Is a Show That You Sure Could Watch This Weekend

I don’t know your weekend plans! I do know that Harlem, that new Black women’s friendship comedy with a surprisingly large amount of gays, could be a show that you watch.

Carmen Phillips December 18, 2021 15 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “Grey’s Anatomy” Wishes Us All a Smoochy Queer Holigay!

Plus updates on: Riverdale, Nancy Drew, Legacies, 4400, All American, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Hightown!

Natalie, Valerie Anne and Carmen Phillips
December 17, 2021 15 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“Christmas Is Canceled” Is Horrifying, Hilarious and Surprisingly Gay

Much to his daughter’s chagrin, Dermot Mulroney is dating Mona Vanderwaal from Pretty Little Liars. Luckily queer BFF Charlyne is there to be the one sensible person in the movie!

Heather Hogan December 17, 2021 8 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Snowed In

“Glad to see that Harold has finally learned about lesbians!”

Darcy December 17, 2021 5 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #50: HOLIGAY HELP

Last-minute handmade gift ideas, a mom who DOES NOT want you to come out to the rest of the family, holiday breakups, wintry music recommendations, and more!

the team December 17, 2021 10 Comments
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Playlists

23 of the Best Songs by Queer Artists in 2021

This was a great year for LGBTQ music and my gay little heart.

danijanae December 17, 2021 15 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Twenties” Season Two Finale Recap: I’ll See You at the Crossroads

Hattie spends the season two finale balancing not one, not two, not three, but FOUR WOMEN!! (And BET still hasn’t renewed Twenties yet, so let’s all hope bullying works).

Carmen Phillips December 16, 2021 13 Comments
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Movie Lists

The Best Lesbian Movies of 2021

There are 35 films on this attempted list of every lesbian+ movie released in 2021. While the list includes some lesser known fare, there’s also the 2021 Palme d’or winner, several Netflix movies, and a few Oscar contenders.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 16, 2021 30 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews Literature

In “Truth of The Divine” We Explore What It Means To Be Human

A story that exemplifies the power of science fiction, encouraging readers to ponder what it even means to be “human”.

Amari Gaiter December 16, 2021 2 Comments
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