The Lesbian Storyline on “Light as a Feather” Ended Up Being Stiff as a Board
I just don’t think we’re in a place yet, culturally, where there’s enough positive representation out there to start killing off evil lesbians.
Take It From Us: Relationship Myths We’d Like to Bust
“We can still be together while I talk shit about your fucking cat.”
Classic TV From the 2000s That You Can Stream to Survive Trump This Year
An incompetent, racist, homophobic, madman is driving at the wheel of our country. But we’ve been here before. We fought back. We survived it. And I believe that we’ll survive this, too.
Revisiting the Sex-Ed Revolution: On Documenting Sex Ed in Queer Bodies
What might we be able to do if we more carefully record, preserve, and distribute our accumulated queer sex-ed, and not just pass knowledge through the intimate, sometimes deeply guarded connections formed through sexual and romantic relationships? More than 30 years later, Party Safe and Latex and Lace contain clues to becoming allies to our own queer bodies.
Basic Butch Style: Eight Hour Layover
By making a few careful swaps, you can stay comfortable in what you’re wearing without sacrificing any style points.
Pop Culture Fix: “Gentleman Jack” Is On Its Way Back And Also All 8 Gay CW Shows
The New Mutants will feature Marvel’s first lesbian couple on the big screen! Also trailers for Apple+ TV’s LGBTQ TV documentary, the final season of Grace & Frankie, Sex Education season two! And so much more!
No Filter: Beanie Feldstein Brought Her Girlfriend to the Golden Globes!!
Janet Mock and Laverne Cox continue to stagger me with their glory, and Samira Wiley is a marvelous winker!
“2 in the Bush” Is a Funny, Warm, Daring Love Story
Untimely deaths, lesbian bed death, a creepy heterosexual polyamorous couple; you won’t find it here. Instead, the film takes the approach of exploring the many different loves we have in our lives.
Writer Elizabeth Wurtzel is Dead at 52: Her Life Was One Long Longing
“I think what she articulated for me that nobody else had done quite so well was that it was possible to be very smart, intellectually, while also feeling very stupid, emotionally.”
Also.Also.Also: Fighting Facebook and Helping Koalas and More Actionable Items for Your Week
The United Methodist Church is expected to split over gay marriage, Puerto Rico’s earthquakes, LGBTQ youth in middle America, Julián Castro backs Elizabeth Warren, and more.
I Remain A “Catfish” Queer: On Love, The Midwest, and What We Think We Deserve
“Catfish has been serving diverse, bittersweet queer representation for almost a decade and it seems like nobody notices.”
There Are Some Ghosts I’m Still Waiting For
Someone once told me that if you’re Asian American, or mixed, or whatever, you have a grandmother poem in you that you need to write. This is mine.
100 Ways People Found Autostraddle Last Week: Sex Edition
“38. welcome to sex.com!”
Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” Gave Me Permission to Be Sad
The most remarkable thing about Gerwig’s film isn’t that it leaves room for queerness – it’s that it leaves room for sadness.
Jenn Shapland Names What Needs Naming in “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers”
It has taken over 50 years for us to get the full, queer truth about Carson McCullers’s life, and now I know why. We were waiting for Jenn Shapland.
Netflix Promises at Least 4 Lesbian and Bisexual Movies This Year
A new movie from Saving Face writer/director Alice Wu! Ryan Murphy’s take on the Broadway musical The Prom! A whole new Rebecca adaptation!
Kate McKinnon’s Golden Globes Tribute to Ellen Highlights How Far We’ve Come and How Far We Have Left to Go
Did you know there are people who had no idea Kate McKinnon is even gay??
You Need Help: My Partner Can’t Have an Orgasm
“Release yourself from responsibility. You are not the keeper of your partner’s orgasms. You’re a supporting character. Your partner should play the protagonist in their Great Orgasm Quest.”
Six Songs You Love That Are Actually About Being Trans
I’m not trying to win you over to my interpretation of the lyrics of any of these songs; but I am inviting you to explore the world within each of them. Looking at songs we love through a trans lens can teach us new things about our gender.
“To L and Back” Gen Q Podcast 105
Can something be both sad and hot? Time and again The L Word proves the answer is yes!