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Kate McKinnon arriving for the UK premiere of "Yesterday" at the Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square, London
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Like You, Kate McKinnon Makes Jokes to Deal With Her Own Anxiety

Boys are coming to The Wilds (BORING!), Hannah John-Kamen will play Joey Soloway’s Red Sonja, Tig Notaro’s next comedy special will be fully animated, and more!

Heather Hogan May 5, 2021 4 Comments
Dickens is in a green shirt against a purple background, they are pondering directly to the camera: "Some months I want to draw everything, and my confidence in my ability to draw it is through the roof. The pencil goes exactly where I want it to go. And other months…"
Webcomics

Foolish Child #95: Muscle Memory Lapse

My PTSD brain has been evicting memories left and right, I just never thought that would include my muscle memory.

Dickens May 5, 2021
Supergirl episode 606: Young Kara and Young Alex Danvers sit in a truck together and look up at the meteor shower.
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 606 Recap: Raining (Meteors) On Prom Night

In Chyler Leigh’s directorial debut, we have a queer woman directing her own lesbian character when she was just a baby gay. You love to see it.

Valerie Anne May 5, 2021 8 Comments
A photo of Luna smiling on a purple and green background with the text How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time with Luna Matatas
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LIVE QUEER SEX 101 WORKSHOP: Register for How to Have Gay Sex for the First Time with Luna Matatas

This month we have pleasure coach and experienced workshop leader Luna Matatas to teach you everything you need to know about how to have great gay sex for the first time.

The Editors May 5, 2021 8 Comments
Janelle Monae is in a hot tub with suds in her hair. She is sucking on her finger.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Janelle Monáe Posts for “Flysexuals Who Love Tubs Only”

Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris are literally dedicated to ruining my life, the powerful lesbian energy radiating from a midday L Word reunion, and stars are just like us! They also take increasingly silly photos with their cats on their couches!

Christina Tucker May 5, 2021 12 Comments
Two covers of Entertainment Weekly's 2021 Pride Issues: Lena Waithe in a pink suit, Mj Rodriguez with her back out facing the camera, and then inside images from the magazine: Lena Waithe, again with her pink button up shirt, and Mj Rodriguez this time in an orange dress and head wrap.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: No Thoughts, Head Empty, Basking in All This QTPOC Beauty

Entertainment Weekly’s Pride Issue is a stunning masterclass of QTPOC being our fly ass selves, Alison Bechdel on turning her life into art, the 1996 Olympic Women’s Basketball Team finally getting their due, and getting to know the girl in red.

Carmen Phillips May 4, 2021 2 Comments
A side-by-side collage of Clea DuVall with a high school photo of Tegan & Sara, from their album "High School"
TV News & Trailers

Tegan and Sara’s “High School” Series from Clea DuVall Is a Go! Scream Loudly If You Must

“No one is more shocked than us, that after a VERY difficult couple of years in high school, doing copious amount of drugs, skipping school, lying and being all around degenerates that we made it this far in our musical journey.”

Carmen Phillips May 4, 2021 5 Comments
Pose: Dyllón Burnside as Ricky, Hailie Sahar as Lulu, Mj Rodriguez as Blanca, Indya Moore as Angel, Angel Bismark Curiel as Lil Papi.
TV Show Recaps

“Pose” Episodes 301 & 302 Recaps: Coming Home One More Time

Pose has always felt like home; family. So I started this episode in my bedroom, with my roommates who, in true queer tradition, are my family. I thought it was going to feel like it did, two years ago, but it didn’t. I don’t know if it’s the show or me that’s changed, probably both.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu May 4, 2021 11 Comments
The book "The Ex-Girlfriend of my Ex-Girlfriend is my Girlfriend" is repeated three times in a row. The cover is hot pink and the font of the title is done like old English characters.
LGBT Book Reviews

“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend” Is a Goddamn Delight

“The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is My Girlfriend: Advice on Queer Dating, Love, and Friendship” is helpful, funny, aesthetically pleasing, and very very queer. In short? This book is a goddamn delight!

Vanessa May 4, 2021 3 Comments
Two lesbians hold hands while laughing and sitting down. One lesbian is a brunette with a green mug and a grey shirt, one is a blonde with a flannel shirt.
Friendship

You Need Help: How Do I Feel More Connected to the Lesbian Community?

This community would be so boring if we all had the same stories. And there’s no such thing as the “right” queer story.

Valerie Anne May 4, 2021 21 Comments
This poster reads, "The Future of Comedy is Female. An FX Original Documentary. Hysterical." It features illustrations of well-known female comedians against a teal background.
Movie Reviews

“Hysterical” Focuses Almost Exclusively on Cis White Women in Comedy, and Misses the Mark

Hysterical operates under the assumption that the experiences of women in comedy are universal. But in a documentary that overwhelmingly features white cis women, there’s little room left to explore what comedy is like for women who hold multiple marginalized identities.

Ro White May 4, 2021 4 Comments
Gal Gadot cut out and pasted against bisexual lighting.
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Gal Gadot’s Gonna Star in a Queer Sci-Fi Movie Adaptation of “Meet Me in Another Life”

Ginny & Georgia’s Humberly Gonzalez is queer, will Supergirl spin-off?, Janet Mock’s Pose premiere speech, Days of Our Lives has a gay week ahead, and more!

Heather Hogan May 3, 2021 10 Comments
Legends of Tomorrow recap: Ava Sharpe looks hungover in her punk look.
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 601 Recap: Close Encounters of the Gay Kind

The Legends are back and gayer than ever with a lesbian clone on a mission to save her bisexual assassin girlfriend who was kidnapped by a queer alien.

Valerie Anne May 3, 2021 16 Comments
Nicole Kang as Mary Hamilton and Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore
TV Show Recaps

“Batwoman” Episode 212 Recap: It’s the Batsignal, Not a Pager

At Crow headquarters, Sophie is doing that thing you do when you have a crush on someone and you can’t stop thinking about them so you stare at their photo and compare it with a masked vigilante’s and wonder how you never realized they had a secret identity and somehow that makes you love them more.

Nic May 3, 2021 9 Comments
Two women stare at each other suggestively; one is seated and looking up, the other is kneeling above her looking down. The words Poly Probs are printed on top of the image.
Relationships

#PolyamoryProblems: How Can I Make My Primary Partner Have More Fun?

Stop trying to make your vanilla partner more kinky!

DaemonumX May 3, 2021 9 Comments
Graphic on top: Adele, Dawn Denbo, Billy Blakie. Row 2: Cherie, Candace, Peggy Peabody
Quizzes The L Word

Which L Word Side Character Are You?

Not everybody can be a Bette or a Tina or a Jenny. Some people need to look in the mirror and accept their inner Dawn Denbo.

Riese May 2, 2021 50 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Sunbathing Naked

Nude beaches around the world, how to have good sex in small spaces, BDSM’s liberatory potential and more.

Ryan Yates May 2, 2021 4 Comments
3-part graphic: denise kissing her girlfriend on master of none, fran and her girlfriend laughing on the couch in "shrill", paula pell as a grown up girl-band member in "girls 5eva"
Movie Lists TV Lists

May 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream

Lena Waithe’s season of “Master of None,” a grown-up girl band with a lesbian singer, Shrill’s third season, a big drop of lesbian films onto Hulu and so much more!

Riese May 1, 2021 11 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for May 2021: What Assumptions Should Your Sign Question This Month?

May offers us a chance for deepening into rest and joy, while challenging us to stay curious about our assumptions.

Corina Dross May 1, 2021 4 Comments
Collage of our staff surrounded by nature. For example, Kayla is in a bikini with palm trees behind her; Dani is in her home holding a bouquet; Carmen is lying in some lush grass; Heather is near some tulips. Some are wearing masks outdoors, some are inside their homes. It's real cute because it's spring!
AF+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 79, April 2021

How Well Do You Really Know Your Sex Bench? Take This Quiz to Find Out.

Carmen Phillips April 30, 2021 10 Comments
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