The Poet’s Choice
It takes effort to choose an ending. It’s a lot easier to get back together, to catch a flight, to miss a flight, to fuck someone else. It’s easier to be with someone until you hate them than to walk away with love.
6 Queer Authors on What It’s Like to Launch Their Books in a Pandemic
If you’re looking to escape reality for a little while, look no further than this year’s absolute bumper crop of queer novels. As late spring and summer literary events are postponed and cancelled, writers are looking for ways to connect virtually with readers and the publishing community – and finding ways to keep their creativity flowing in a difficult time.
No Filter: Melissa King, Ashley Benson, Gaby Dunn and Ali Krieger Love Their Moms
So many Moms, so little time!
Like Aimee Stephens, We Await the Justice We Deserve
It’s not just her death that is a tragedy; it’s that she had been waiting for justice that trans people almost never receive.
My Top 10 Favorite Television Shows: Riese, Editor-in-Chief
Listen, I love an ensemble drama!
Batwoman’s Dyke Drama Intensifies in the Penultimate Season 1 Episode
Sophie and Julia finally smooch on the lips, and Parker’s back with some teenage lesbian love advice.
Queer NYC Cyclists Deliver Care Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
Welcome to COMMUNITY CHECK, a series about mutual aid and taking care of each other in the time of coronavirus.
The Public Education System Sucks (Especially for Queer Black Femmes)
If the Dean positions are largely dominated by men, guess who the most punished group in school is.
How We Feel About Dating During The Coronavirus Pandemic
“It feels like dating is all of the bad parts with none of the good parts.”
Stepping Out Of Silence
When love is a matter of desperation, how do you even begin to know what it is you desire? It doesn’t matter what shape love takes. Or does it?
18 Reasons Why You Might Be Breaking Up In Quarantine
11. For some alone time with the sex bench.
Extra! Extra!: How the Pandemic Is Disproportionately Harming the LGBTQ Community and More
In this week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 we see how the pandemic taps into existing discrimination and continues to deepen divisions the world over.
“Supergirl” Episode 518 Recap: Bridge Over Troubled Water
Alex and Kelly run into road blocks at work, Nia confronts Brainy, and Lena and Kara’s feud comes to a head.
Pop Culture Fix: “The Baby-Sitters Club” Trailer Is All Friendship and ’90s Nostalgia
Villanelle’s most personal murder, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon go to quarantine prom, more reasons to love Alice Wu, Queen Latifah’s Equalizer reboot is a go, Janet Mock drops hints for Hollywood season two, and more!
Tell Us All About Your Weird Pandemic Sex Dreams!
We’re entering month 567 of a global pandemic, and you may be having some weird sex dreams! Here at autostraddle dot com, we’d love to hear about them in a respectful manner, for journalism.
Topping From the Bunker: Tips for Long-Distance Kink
Good news: there are no geographic limits to being a kinky slut, and I’m willing to lend you my perverted imagination.
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 407: Lesson Number One With Lianna Carrera!
Get your ass into The Ask and Tell Helicopter, it’s time to get schooled about lezzing out!
Sunday Funday Pays Queer Tribute to Little Richard, the G.O.A.T.
Hey babes, it’s Sunday, we’ve got so much music from Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Ariana Grande, and a queer tribute to Little Richard that you’ve gotta read! Also, queer southern archives, some Brooklyn Nine-Nine humor to get you through, Lebanese LGBTQ rights, and so much more! Let’s get into it!!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Orgasming Like a Glint of Light
Orgasming with chronic pelvic pain, breaking up in quarantine when you have to stay there together, masturbation as part of mental health and more.
Country Queers Documents the Myriad Experiences of Rural LGBTQIA Americans
“Community is a very complicated and roomy word. Rural queer people also have other layers of identity that inform their realities.”