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Politics + Activism

24 Actions You NEED to Take to Help Trans Women of Color Survive

This isn’t just exhausting. This is intergenerational trauma, oppression, and maybe even genocide. This violence is specifically targeted against black and brown women, gender non-conforming folks, and especially trans women of color.

Lexi Adsit June 18, 2020 53 Comments
TV Reviews

The “One Day at a Time” Animated Special Met the Pandemic’s Challenge With Signature Heart

It’s quintessential One Day at a Time: affirming in a way that few other shows could be, affirming in a way that few others strive to be.

Natalie June 17, 2020 2 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart To Play Princess Diana Because Why Not

Topics also include Carly Usdin is producing a Pride podcast you’ll want to watch, queer actress Devery Jacobs queering up her role in The Order, a documentary about a lesbian Cantopop star, and more.

Valerie Anne June 17, 2020 6 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Here For Janelle Monáe’s 2 Hat Revolution

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey are starting a podcast! Kristen Kish and Padma Lakshmi are matching! Hayley Kiyoko is good at signs!

Christina Tucker June 17, 2020 3 Comments
Webcomics

Foolish Child #74: Karens Don’t Get It

“Karen” is a whole conversation about: white fragility, white privilege, white women weaponizing their tears against Black people when we don’t comply.

Dickens June 17, 2020 5 Comments
Sex Toys

24 Sex Toys for the Horny, Lonely, and Self-Isolating

Who says getting it on by yourself isn’t as fun as partnered sex? Pick up a few of these toys and enjoy getting to know your body! I know I will!! Happy masturbating!

Ari June 17, 2020
TV Lists

My Top 10 Television Shows: Valerie Anne, Superqueero Head Girl

Wynonna Earp is funny and smart and full of found family feels, which I suppose is how it led me to my smart, funny found family.

Valerie Anne June 17, 2020 12 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Fiona Apple Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Is, Tells Hollywood to Redistribute Wealth

Fiona Apple is out here doing it. Also: Rep. Ilhan Omar, Angela Davis, and Shea Couleé. Thinking about what it means to be young, Black, and in the Trayvon Martin Generation. The WNBA is back in action. And more!

Carmen Phillips June 16, 2020 4 Comments
LGBT Pride

Principles of Pride: Sex Work Is Real Work, Sex Workers Are Fucking Revolutionary

A free world for sex workers would be a free world for people’s bodies, desires, and pleasures — that is to say, a world worth fighting for.

Kai Cheng June 16, 2020 5 Comments
LGBT Pride

10 Ways You’ve Told Us You’re Celebrating Pride This Year

Between canceling corporate parades and parties because of coronavirus and showing up for Black Lives Matter marches, demonstrations, and direct actions, June feels a little different this year – in a really good way. Here’s how y’all are celebrating Pride Month in 2020.

Vanessa June 16, 2020 4 Comments
Money + Work

How Do You Plan for Transition in a Pandemic-Related Economic Depression? Financial Advisors Have Some Thoughts

The COVID-19 quarantine, which now, perhaps, connotes to be known as a period of extended doldrums for gender transitioning adults across America, has produced its share of coping mechanisms.Autostraddle caught up with two financial advisers who serve transgender clients, Timothy LaPean and Hans Heath.

Winter Breedlove June 16, 2020 14 Comments
LGBT Pride

15,000 Stand Up For Black Trans Lives in Brooklyn, Show Us What Pride Month Should Always Look Like

Over 15,000 people turned up for the Brooklyn Liberation Action for Black Trans Lives this past weekend and these are the best photographs I have ever seen.

Riese June 15, 2020 9 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: A Coming Out Party for Chyler Leigh and Lili Reinhart!

Topics include Chyler Leigh and Lili Reinhart coming out, Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan playing lesbian lovers in “Ammonite,” updates on Batwomans’s fate, a new trailer for “The Politician,” and more.

Valerie Anne June 15, 2020 9 Comments
First Person

Living While Black, Queer and Sometimes Mistaken for Male

My white queer friends don’t know why it’s such a big deal for them to not do any of the stupid and obviously illegal things they tend to do if I’m the one behind the wheel.

Brittani June 15, 2020 31 Comments
Movie Reviews

“Disclosure: Trans Lives On Screen” Is a Vital Document of Trans Cinema

Trans film history — like all film histories — is one filled with contradictions. “Disclosure” succeeds by making these contradictions its subject.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 15, 2020 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of LGBTQ Employees in Major Victory for Trans, Gay Workers and Late Aimee Stephens

In one of the most major trans civil rights legal cases of our time and a huge milestone for legal precedent when it comes to LGBT employees generally, the Supreme Court has ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace, does apply to sexual orientation and trans status.

Rachel June 15, 2020 10 Comments
Podcasts The L Word

“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 410: “Little Boy Blue”

Let’s go have sex at the horse races!

Riese June 15, 2020 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

Queens Center for Gay Seniors Creates Phone Check-In Project, Connecting LGBTQ Elders and Youths During the Pandemic and Beyond

This incredible showing of support and care across generations makes us hopeful for what the future of the New York queer community will look like moving forward.

Abbie LeWarn June 15, 2020 6 Comments
Culture

Juniper Moon Folk Arts: Crafters, Activists, and the Glories of Gas Station Food

During Pride month, rural queer owned Juniper Moon Folk Art is doing weekly giveaways to raise funds for black-led organizations and bail funds working in antiracism and prison abolition.

Lauren Parker June 14, 2020 1 Comment
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Says F*CK Them Cops, I’ll Hang With Lena Waithe and Jonica Gibbs Instead

Here’s some good news: me and all my friends hate the cops! Also, a FREE Be Steadwell concert, Hawa Hassan is making lamb burgers, and Utah is celebrating women’s suffrage. Happy Sunday!

Ari June 14, 2020 1 Comment
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