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Victoria Cartagena as Renee Montoya in the tv show "Gotham" in a close up staring into the camera
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: The Lesbian TV Gods Know Justice, Victoria Cartagena Will (Once Again) Be Our Renee Montoya, This Time on Batwoman

Leyna Bloom is Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue’s first trans cover model, Halsey is a mom (!!), a people’s history of Black Twitter, and Y2k fashion trends are coming back — so is their inherent fatphobia.

Carmen Phillips July 20, 2021 3 Comments
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Relationships

You Need Help: Your Straight Partner Is a Great Ally – But His Parents Aren’t

Setting up boundaries around family members can be a complicated and painful thing, but doing so without the support of your partner will likely be more difficult, and could potentially create some challenging situations for the two of you to navigate.

meg July 20, 2021 1 Comment
EAST HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - JULY 05: Megan Rapinoe #15 of the United States is announced during the Send Off ceremony following the Send Off series match against Mexico at Rentschler Field on July 05, 2021 in East Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Sports

The Olympics Will Be Completely Gay By 2080, According to Science

If you are at all skeptical about this analysis, I think it’s worth heeding both the words and spirit of renowned statistician Megan Rapinoe: “You can’t win a championship without gays on your team.”

Sally July 20, 2021 11 Comments
House & Garden

Spaces & Places: Team Fantasy Wishlist

In which our team names their wildest home decor dreams.

meg July 20, 2021 6 Comments
Image shows a background photo of a child in a rainbow striped sweater. There is a tweet over it that says "mom: why'd it take u so long to tell me ur gay? me: what r u talkin bout I tried to tell u every year on picture day"
First Person

My Pinned Tweet Is Solid Proof That Queer Time Travel Exists

There’s a reason it has been my pinned tweet since 2016 — It’s my origin story.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 20, 2021 6 Comments
First Person House & Garden

I’m Finally Taking Up Space In My Own Place

On putting the safe decorations in the closet and letting my home reach its full gay potential. On taking up space in my own space.

Valerie Anne July 19, 2021 26 Comments
Left: Kate Herron in a jean jacket / Right: Loki in a green suit
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Of Course Loki’s Bisexuality Was Confirmed Because of Bisexual Director Kate Herron!

Also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: Danielle Savre and Stefania Spampinato hanging in a hot tub, a DND homebrew campaign featuring an all fat + queer cast, TV’s colorism problem, Dominique Jackson discusses mentoring queer youth of color, and more!

Heather Hogan July 19, 2021
Astra looks windswept and furious
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 610 Recap: ¿Por qué?

Ava and Sara are off looking for wedding venues so we have to spend the whole episode watching Constantine be… well, Constantine. They can’t all be Thong Songs and Beebo Battles, I guess.

Valerie Anne July 19, 2021 9 Comments
FEAR STREET PART 3: 1666 (L to R) KIANA MADEIRA as SARAH FIER and OLIVIA SCOTT WELCH as HANNAH MILLER. NETFLIX © 2021
Movie Reviews

“Fear Street: 1666” Brings The Trilogy to a Very Gay Close

Part origin story, part conclusion, the final film smashes together its timelines and serves up two distinct films at once that, despite their aesthetic and tonal differences, are inextricably bound.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 19, 2021 23 Comments
Sierra McCormick chokes Paris Jackson in a masturbation fantasy sequence
TV Reviews

“American Horror Stories” Is Ryan Murphy At His Worst

This is a brutal look into who Ryan Murphy deems worthy of a personality and who exists only to aid or bully a white gay before getting their throat slit.

Drew Burnett Gregory July 19, 2021 26 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: What Disney Channel Original Movie Made You Gay?

Bring on the late 90s/early 2000s nostalgia!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 18, 2021 44 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Nihilistic Slut

85% of queers met their partners by being friends first, how to slow date, how to hide nudes on your phone and more.

Ryan Yates July 18, 2021 4 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #88: The Poster Child of Anxiety

When words sometimes complicates things even further, only a surrealist picture can sum up the weirdness of social anxiety.

Yao Xiao July 17, 2021 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs On Your Tube: Betty’s Queers Keep Talking About Talking Without Actually Talking (GAY!)

Also in our weekly LGBTQ+ TV round-up, updates on The Chi, All American, iCarly, Motherland: Fort Salem, and The Republic of Sarah!

The TV Team July 16, 2021 5 Comments
Photo from a Texas protest against Texas SB 7, a bill that would place new restrictions on access to the polls, where a person in the foreground raises their fist with a sign strapped to their torso that reads LET US VOTE
Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: All Eyes on the Legislative Battle for Texas

This week we’re talking about the political strife in Haiti, the US’s messy exit from Afghanistan, the development of new COVID variants, your bimonthly legislatively institutionalized moral panic report — and the attacks on citizens’ rights plus the attempts to hold them at bay that are rocking Texas legislative chambers.

the team July 16, 2021 4 Comments
House & Garden

Be Part of Autostraddle’s Spaces & Places Gallery!

Show us your favorite corner or room of your space. How did you put it together? Where did the pieces come from? Why do you love it? Share photos of your space and we’ll post them in a big gallery post, so that you can find inspiration and also share what you love!

meg July 16, 2021 1 Comment
House & Garden

Queer Design 101: Figuring Out Your Personal Design Style

When I found myself facing the blank walls of my new room, I had a minor moment of panic. Has the same thing happened to you?

Christina Tucker July 16, 2021 6 Comments
Three repeating images of the cover of Mariame Kaba's We Do This Til We Free Us
Literature

“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us” Makes Abolition Accessible Without Claiming It’s Easy

Imagining what true justice would look like is difficult and strange and convoluted and there aren’t easy answers. Kaba, along with countless other writers, thinkers, and revolutionaries, has spent decades doing so anyway – and has given us this book as a gift as we attempt to do the same.

Abbie Jones July 16, 2021 4 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Doing Karaoke With Shane and Bette and Sophie and Finley

“This is so on point that in a weird Mandela Effect way I genuinely now believe that I have seen Alice sing ‘Bitch’ and will not be convinced otherwise.”

Darcy July 16, 2021 4 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #39: FASHION

Jumpsuits at weddings, overalls, office wear, thrifting and tailoring and more! The Autostraddle team talks FASHION, specifically your fashion, in this special themed A+ Advice Box!

the team July 16, 2021 28 Comments
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