Results for: representation
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At Home in Ourselves: Bi+ Women on How They’re Staying Connected to Queer Identity while Dating Men
We talked to bi+ women about how they express and stay connected with their queerness while dating cis heterosexual men.
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“Moana” Celebrates the Power, Strength and Magic of Brown Girls But Misses the Mark With Pacific Islander Representation
One of my favorite parts of the movie is the reverence that Moana has for her ancestors and her culture, even while she pushes it and challenges it to embrace the future. This is a reality that many POC, especially queer ones have to deal with.
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Insta Crush: Gender Reveal Podcast Centers Nonbinary and Trans Voices, Is Living the Queer Dream
“I believe that creating affirming and diverse trans community is literally life-saving work, and I want everyone to stay alive and maybe even flourish.”
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15 Gayest Moments From “Avengers: Endgame,” Which Was Great But Unfortunately Not Gay
I pulled these nuggets of little gold from all three hours of Endgame and I cannot wait to re-live them in obsessive, snarky detail with you!
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The Comment Awards are Carolstraddling Into the Sunset
“Don’t c@ me.”
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Charmed’s Finale Betrays Its Magically Queer First Season
Charmed decided to get “serious” about its magic, and along the way it forgot everything that made the season campy fun, addictive, feminist, silly and yes – the greatness of centering queer women of color in the middle of all.
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Into the A+ Advice Box: US Politics Special Edition
We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!
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Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Final Four
You have 48 hours left to vote your faves through to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF COMING OUT STORIES!
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“Abby’s” Review: Natalie Morales’ Bisexual Bartender Makes History (But Won’t Make You a Mai Tai)
In NBC’s new comedy, which lands this Thursday, Morales owns the role of the prickly, commanding, loyal, lovable former Marine who sets up an unlicensed, uninsured bar in her rented backyard.
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8 Funny Books Featuring Queer Adult Women
8 queer women books to make you laugh!
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From Willow to Waverly: A Decade of Being Out and Me and Queer TV
“I remember little moments so vividly — like Ashley kissing Spencer on the shoulder while they looked in the refrigerator for something to eat. This is what I wanted. And I wasn’t afraid of wanting it anymore.”
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Boobs On Your Tube: Anissa Pierce is Having Very Hot Superhero Sex on “Black Lightning”
Plus updates on: American Horror Story, Almost Family, Why Women Kill, and How To Get Away With Murder!
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Sunday Funday Is Glorifying One Day at a Time’s Latinx Supergroup
Plus: Janelle Monae opens up about being a black queer woman, Lena Waithe pens an op-ed in Time about Hollywood’s black renaissance, Sara Ramirez is going to bat for #20BiTeen on Twitter, Kristen Gillebrand is fighting for trans service members, Carol and Therese art for Valentine’s Day, and so much more!
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Fictional Cats, Ranked
There’s been even more talk of cats than usual on the queer internet lately, due to Oatmeal the cat in Russian Doll and Chewie the cat in Captain Marvel. Let’s keep that momentum going!
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Reimagining Intimacy: Queer People on Touch and Closeness Outside Romance and Sex
We don’t ever grow out of our need for touch, though as we mature, that kind of intimacy tends to only be expressed sexually. But sexual intimacy isn’t the only type of intimacy there is.
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Charmed’s Witchy Women of Color Lesbian Love Triangle Deserves All Your Attention
With just two episodes left this season, I made you a Charmed Cheat Sheet, filled with all the important details of this topsy turvy magical world.
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Getting in Bed With Kristin + Heather Hogan: Buffy, Cats and Jesus
This week Kristin got in bed with Autostraddle senior editor Heather Hogan to talk about queer representation on teevee, spirituality vs. religion and, of course, cats. (And beer.)
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Reaching Out for My Queer Muslim Community to Hold Me After Christchurch
In times like these, when people don’t understand us and decide that this means we shouldn’t live at all, we need to connect with the people that do understand, even if just a little bit, even if peripherally.
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The Comment Awards Are Full Of Love
“I found Autostraddle while googling ‘how do you know if you should leave your girlfriend?’ And reader, I did leave her. And then I went to an Autostraddle meet-up and met the lady knight of my wildest dreams.”
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 61, September 2019
“hey i’m adding the search terms to the newsletter and just curious, what is “gazelle style sex”??????”