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.

Mj Rodriguez, The stars of Dickinson, and the stars of Master of None share a thruway split collage.

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.

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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!

2 part graphic: Finley + Tess on stage, Gigi and Dani with drinks at the bar

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.”

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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.”

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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.

Eight of the possible results from the quiz: Morgana, Regina Mills, Luz, Tara Thornton, Elphaba, Tituba, Willow, and Raelle

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!

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.

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First Person

Walking With My Grief

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

A black and white character sits outside of a window in a sky, they say "I'm okay, I guess... just feeling fragile lately."

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.

Two teenage girls, one white, Nicole, and one black, Jukebox, stare longingly at each other in a close up of their side profiles in a park in New York City.

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).

Three-part image: Alice + Tom, Dani and Gigi, Sophie singing

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!

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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.”

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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!

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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Famed 90s Bisexual Drew Barrymore Dances to Gen Z Queer Anthem “Girl in Red” on TikTok

Some “Judith Butler Got Censored And We’re Still Not Over It” updates! Also, reflecting on the fierce, enduring legacy of America’s Anti-Afghanistan War Protests on the 20th anniversary of 9/11.

A collage of four shows featured on this list: She-Ra, Victor and Valentino, OK, KO! Let's Be Heroes!, and Adventure Time

TV Lists

30 of the Best Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Animated TV Episodes

I’ve never grown out of my love for cartoons, and it’s a good thing because I firmly believe some of the best LGBTQ+ storytelling to ever grace our teevees has happened in animated series.

Alice dresses up as her mother for her sketch with Lindsay Brady during the comedy showcase.

TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 319 Recap: It’s Closing Time

Good Trouble’s season three finale is overstuffed, but super gay.

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AF+

S L I C K: The Gambling Countess

A young trans woman moves to Severton Manor to serve a Countess with sexual favors. “‘Ahhhh!’ the Countess cried, rubbing her lips on the maid’s face like a boot stomping out a cigarette.”