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amy coney barrett, a white woman with shoulder length brown hair, stands in front of a podium, with a back drop of american flags behind her. her mouth is open and her eyes are squinting as she speaks.
Politics + Activism

AS Politics Survey: LGBTQ Health Care & Amy Coney Barrett’s Impacts

Amy Coney Barrett’s political views and her stances on several health care issues are going to inflict a lot of harm on many people. We looked at how important these issues are to our community, using data from the Politics Survey, to discuss what’s at stake with Barrett’s impending nomination to the Supreme Court.

himani October 16, 2020 8 Comments
Maeve and Elena from The Boys
TV Reviews

“The Boys” Season 2 Gets Meta About Lesbian and Bisexual Representation

Elena pushes back on all this, saying she doesn’t want to change how she dresses and that actually Maeve is bisexual, but they say that the term lesbian is “an easier sell” because it’s “more cut and dry.”

Valerie Anne October 16, 2020 12 Comments
Joe Biden shows off his mask during his town hall event, "The Vice President and the People."
Politics + Activism

Biden Addresses LGBTQ Protections while Trump Aggressively Meanders in Dueling Town Halls

Instead of one town hall, where audiences would get to hear from both candidates and where the candidates would get to critique each other live, voters had to choose between the dueling town halls. Or, you could just wait and let me watch them for you.

Natalie October 16, 2020 6 Comments
First Person

The Time I Wanted to Hug a TERF

A middle-aged transmasculine butch person meets a trans-exclusionary radical feminist in the vast forest of Tumblr. What happens next is both predictable and unexpected.

Ty Bo October 16, 2020 37 Comments
Gender

The Pandemic is Trauma for Trans Disabled People

An exploration of the pandemic experiences of trans disabled people with a focus on trauma and survivorhood.

Noorulann Shahid October 16, 2020 4 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Breathing Deep and Voting Early

“She had me at ‘OI! DEAD BOYFRIEND! IT’S OVER, MATE!'”

Darcy October 16, 2020 17 Comments
Book Lists

Season of the Witch: 40 Books on Witches, Witchcraft and Wonder

Whether you’re interested in witches as a horror trope, a doorway to sex positivity, a topic of historical exploration, or rich characters and ideas in fiction or poetry, at least one of these witch books will bring something into your life!

Rachel October 16, 2020 22 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #21: Crushing on Your (Probably) Straight Friend, and More!

Advice for the cis, presumably het parents of a trans kid, Zoom dating while in the house with your parents, an urban legend and gay panic, gender feelings, squirting ALL of the time, and understanding your expectations in a relationship with someone who is not nearly as out!

the team October 16, 2020 2 Comments
Caroline Rose Giuliani has on blinged out sunglasses, one of the lenses is covered with an "I Voted" sticker.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Caroline Giuliani, the Latest White Queer Millennial Trying to Save Her Parents From Trump

If you’re white and still haven’t had that hard conversation with your relatives, wow you are out of excuses. Also: binging Battlestar Galactica at the end of the world, examining the Grief Industrial Complex, gay college sweethearts who broke the trend and miraculously stayed in love, and more!

Carmen Phillips October 15, 2020 3 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“Desert Hearts” Remains One Of Cinema’s Greatest Lesbian Love Stories

Donna Deitch’s queer love story is set in the ’50s and was filmed in the ’80s, and is still, in 2020, a radical piece of filmmaking.

Heather Hogan October 15, 2020 20 Comments
Movie Reviews

Newfest 2020 Preview: Trans Teens, Jewish Funerals, and So Much More

If you live in the US you can watch the films! Even if you’re not in New York!

Drew Burnett Gregory October 15, 2020 5 Comments
First Person

How Reading A Queer Latina Writer Helped Me Understand My Mother’s Story

Growing up, I felt I wasn’t enough. Not white enough. Not Latina enough. I’ve tried to look to my mother’s story as my own missing piece. I’ve made her story into a key that will unlock a feeling of place and belonging. As a writer, I look to stories to guide me.

Vera Carothers October 15, 2020 4 Comments
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First Person

The Angsty Buddhist: Growing Up Kinda-Sorta Buddhist

At my Catholic all-girls middle school, I liked to tell people I was Buddhist. It was my feeble attempt at preteen rebellion. I enjoyed interjecting, “Oh yeah? Well, I don’t believe Jesus was real because I’m Buddhist!”

L October 15, 2020 5 Comments
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Lesbian Dating Apps

Every Opening Line I’ve Received and Sent on Tinder Since the Pandemic Began

“How are you liking all this social distancing? It’s cool that you write for Autostraddle”

Drew Burnett Gregory October 15, 2020 15 Comments
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Sex Toys Sponsored

Take Me Home Tonight: Which Wet for Her Toy Are You Swiping Right On?

“Looking for a baby who wants to be pleasured and punished in the most loving of ways. I may look adorable, but I’m quite powerful and will make you shake with joy or fear – if you behave you get to choose.”

Guest October 14, 2020 6 Comments
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First Person

Growing Up With “Mucho Mucho Amor”: How Walter Mercado Defined My Life

I grew up in a conservative family so I never really knew the words to describe who I was but when I saw Walter Mercado in his finery and elegance, I knew I was like him.

Kristal Sotomayor October 14, 2020 5 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Jamie Babbit’s “But I’m a Cheerleader” Director’s Cut Will Stoke Your Homosexual Tendencies

Also: All the Bly Manor links you can handle, Demi Lovato’s new anti-Trump protest song, Megan Thee Stallion’s NYT op-ed, Stevie Nicks figured out how to use TikTok before I did, and more!

Heather Hogan October 14, 2020 7 Comments
Bex Taylor-Klaus and Alicia Marie Sixtos
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Bex Taylor-Klaus and Alicia Sixtos Got Queer Married, Good Things Do Still Happen!

Their dog Duggie was also in attendance.

Heather Hogan October 14, 2020 7 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Cara Delevingne Reaches Double Leopard Print Stage of Quarantine

It’s time to check back in on Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson post break-up, Hayley Kiyoko is the cutest human GAP ad, Stacy London is cozy in glasses and in love, and how do we even live on the same planet as Janet Mock?

Christina Tucker October 14, 2020 4 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Jenni Olson’s Films Are Now On Criterion — Butch Dyke Longing For the Moment

When Jenni Olson made these films, she wasn’t thinking about pandemics or quarantines or anything else this year has wrought, and yet there has never been a better time to revisit these five movies.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 14, 2020 9 Comments
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