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Sex Toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Poet

Unlike other suction sex toys on the market, the mouth piece will actually fit around your anatomy. And! That suction! It’s great!

Anonymous September 15, 2021 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor HAVE ANOTHER DOG!!!

Frankly I would love to go to Aspen with Chef Melissa King, my wife Javicia Leslie is simply perfect, and so much behind-the-scenes of gays from the Met because we are not done yet!

Christina Tucker September 15, 2021 1 Comment
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 106: You Should Probably Break Up

Dating isn’t all sexting and thirst traps. It’s also heartbreak. This week we’re joined by Autostraddle’s Sex and Dating Editor Ro White to discuss break up strategy, when to break up, and the gay tradition of remaining friends afterward.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 15, 2021 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Queer Fashion

Every Last Piece of Queer Fashion From 2021’s Met Gala That We Could Find

As long as Vogue Magazine lives and breathes, September will mean fashion, and as such here we are with flamboyant dresses and suits to critique with the signature flourish and snark that is our right as gays.

Carmen Phillips September 14, 2021 30 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: How Do I Stop Feeling Like A Loser After Rejection?

Mentally replacing “this person rejected me because I’m not enough” with “this person rejected me because we’re incompatible” or “this person rejected me because they have their own shit going on” can be so helpful!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 14, 2021 7 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Sophie Santos’ Memoir Takes Us On Her Queer Path To The Lesbian Agenda

No one’s life is split into two simple chapters. Santos lets all her former eras live right next to each other in the mirror.

Analyssa September 14, 2021
First Person

Count on Something Sweet

We no longer needed practical. We wanted goodness, even if it was fleeting. We wanted saccharine, even if it left us yearning. We wanted Cosmic Brownies.

Leah Johnson September 14, 2021 6 Comments
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TV Feature

Vote Now In Autostraddle’s 4th Annual TV Awards

The time has come to cast your vote for the very best in LGBTQ Television! Because a Television Academy of mostly cis, straight white men don’t speak for us.

Carmen Phillips September 13, 2021 24 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Fox Cannot Be Serious About Making More Glee

Lil Nas X name checks the gay agenda at the VMAs, Niecy Nash and her jumpsuits are back in CLAWS season four, Life Is Strange’s Alex Chen is a chaotic bisexual, and more!

Heather Hogan September 13, 2021 8 Comments
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Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Gen Q Podcast Episode 206: Love Shack

“I think everyone should make love to a plastic spoon at least once in their lifetime.”

Analyssa September 13, 2021 12 Comments
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Health

Out with the Old: One Black Femme’s Struggle to Remove Their IUD

“While the gyno tried to wiggle out the device, she seemed to forget I was even in the room. It was just her and my uterus, locked in a battle of wits.”

Simone Person September 13, 2021 16 Comments
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First Person

Brand New Party Girl

I exist in a fresh, new, virginal body now, and I’ve started to uncover what that means for me.

El Yurman September 13, 2021 2 Comments
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Quizzes

QUIZ: Which Gay Witch Are You?

Well, it’s September, and you know what that means — time for all gays to start celebrating Halloween!

Heather Hogan September 12, 2021 28 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Dating An Entire Quarantine Pod

What it’s like to date your quarantine pod, why your legs shake after sex, maybe it’s better to not share on social and more.

Ryan Yates September 12, 2021
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First Person

Walking With My Grief

My grief says, listen: you know how to take care of yourself. 

Vanessa September 11, 2021 10 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #90: The Assurance You Need

With the pandemic keeping everyday life in a sluggish pace, sometimes a little positive assurance is needed to keep going.

Yao Xiao September 11, 2021 6 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs On Your Tube: Another Day, Another Bury Your Gay

It’s take your child to work day on Work in Progress, Raising Kanan is up to some hackneyed storytelling, and Angelica Ross is stealing every scene in American Horror Story (and also our hearts).

The TV Team September 10, 2021 4 Comments
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The L Word: Generation Q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 206 Recap: Love Shack is a Little Old Place Where Shane Asks For No Drama

We’re heading for the love getaway with SO much drama at lesbian karaoke! Everybody is making questionable romantic choices and it is a THRILL to witness!

Riese September 10, 2021 106 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Gonna Climb Every Mountain

“If you’re looking for me I’ll be snail mailing my glands, sweetbreads, and variety meats to Gigi.”

Darcy September 10, 2021 12 Comments
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Literature

Things I Read That I Love #321: I’m Not Normally Like This

Topics include Sinead O’Connor, The Talented Mr. Ripley, crushes, dog adoption competition, drinking alone and poppers!

Riese September 10, 2021 6 Comments
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