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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

Apr 27, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

movie features

The Most Important Movie of the Year Is a Documentary From 1976

The Memory of Justice draws parallels between the Holocaust and the more recent horrors of the French occupation of Algeria and the American occupation of Vietnam.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 29, 2023

puzzles

Mini Crossword Had a Sneaking Suspicion

You know why they called it “the Dark Ages?”

Rachel

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Dec 29, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Short Fiction Collection “Girlfriends” Presents Expansive, Nonlinear View of Transition and Dysphoria

The trans women in Girlfriends often find themselves stuck in the spiderweb of someone else’s drama or self-implosion.

Nic Anstett

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Dec 28, 2023

A shimmery out of focus image of the Brooklyn bridge at night

first person

For My 30th Birthday, I Moved Back to New York

Essays about turning 30 are almost as annoying as essays about moving to or from New York.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 28, 2023

two women leaning in toward each other supportively

dating

How To Support a Sex Partner With an Eating Disorder

I now have three years of recovery and a wonderful girlfriend by my side. I think I’m ready to talk about ways we can support our partners who have eating…

Summer Tao

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Dec 28, 2023

straddleverse

The 25 Most Popular Autostraddle Posts of 2023

These are the most-read stories we published on Autostraddle in the year 2023: L Word recaps, quizzes, lesbian celebrity gossip, World Cup gays and more!

Riese

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Dec 28, 2023

UNTETHERED: VOL 12. A Christmasy mailbox against red blobs

first person

Untethered: Mercury Retrogayde

USPS has been sending my mail to my ex.

Nico

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Dec 28, 2023

protesters gather to protest Israel's genocide of Palestine, and a group holds a banner that says HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR A FREE PALESTINE

first person

Gaza, We Carry You With Us

Every few days, Healthcare Workers Watch sends me a google drive folder with lists of names and photos of healthcare workers killed and abducted in Gaza.

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Dec 28, 2023