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Food and Drink

Happy Hour at Home: Kitchen Scraps and Pantry Items for Fancy Cocktails

Today’s Happy Hour at Home is very straightforward: I’m gonna give you some easy tips-n-tricks for kicking cocktails up a notch by using scraps and other things you already have lying around your kitchen. Let’s make some fancy ice!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 14, 2020 4 Comments
Gender

You Need Help: Gender Feels in Quarantine

Your rawness and tenderness is a primal signal that you are alive. It’s exhausting and there’s no way to turn it off. Let yourself breathe through this, and trust that it is not a waste of time to devote your energy to the work of becoming.

Adrian May 14, 2020 6 Comments
Gender

What It’s Like To Realize You’re Trans and Queer in Quarantine

Suffice to say that we’ll all be coming out of this pandemic different people than we were before — but for many people, being in isolation is specifically providing the opportunity to explore their sexuality and gender in an intimate and unprecedented way.

Elly Belle May 14, 2020 9 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 512 Recap: Sisters? We’re Close.

The Ladies of Legends team up to form a sorority and challenge the Greek god Dionysus to a game of beer pong in this hilarious romp of an episode.

Valerie Anne May 13, 2020 9 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: The Forever Pride Cover of Entertainment Weekly Sure Is Something!

Also, livereads of Lizzie McGuire and Orphan Black, the trailer for Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special, Hamilton is coming to Disney+ very soon, those new Adventure Time episodes, and more!

Heather Hogan May 13, 2020 6 Comments
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Issues

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.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 13, 2020 24 Comments
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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.

Lisa A.C. Ryan May 13, 2020 7 Comments
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No Filter: Melissa King, Ashley Benson, Gaby Dunn and Ali Krieger Love Their Moms

So many Moms, so little time!

Christina Tucker May 13, 2020 5 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

xoai pham May 13, 2020 3 Comments
TV Lists

My Top 10 Favorite Television Shows: Riese, Editor-in-Chief

Listen, I love an ensemble drama!

Riese May 13, 2020 6 Comments
TV Reviews

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.

Heather Hogan May 12, 2020 5 Comments
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Culture

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.

Bani Amor May 12, 2020 11 Comments
Issues

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.

Syd May 12, 2020 26 Comments
Dating

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.”

Vanessa May 12, 2020 19 Comments
Identity

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?

himani May 12, 2020 15 Comments
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Breakups Love + Sex

18 Reasons Why You Might Be Breaking Up In Quarantine

11. For some alone time with the sex bench.

Ryan Yates May 12, 2020 1 Comment
Politics + Activism

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.

himani May 11, 2020 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“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.

Valerie Anne May 11, 2020 5 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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!

Heather Hogan May 11, 2020 4 Comments
Straddleverse

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.

Rachel May 11, 2020 4 Comments
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