“Mrs. America” Trailer: Cate Blanchett and Sarah Paulson vs. The Sex-Neutral Feminist Totalitarian Nightmare
Revolutions are messy.
Queer Sex Coven: Bad Thoughts Bad Thoughts Go Away
Resolutions imply giving up something, like sugar (no), or problematic crushes (pry them from my cold dead hands). Goals, on the other hand, are positive can-do mantras, such as “I will start a band this year,” or “I will find my dream femme top.”
The Final “Birds of Prey” Trailer: Lesbians, Bisexuals, Misandry, Oh My!
The swagger, the sunglasses, the casual disregard for any man trying to tell her what to do! Hello, Renee Montoya!
Bisexual Ice Dancer Karina Manta on Leaving Competitive Skating and Joining the Circus
Seeing two queer skaters having fun and being themselves, while incorporating dance elements that are so tied to queer history in ice dance, the most heteronormative of the figure skating disciplines, is a thrill. So I asked Karina Manta how she does it.
Also.Also.Also: Be the Meghan Markle You Wish to See in the World
Sending our love to Puerto Rico and Australia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg finally has a clean bill of health, and we’re definitely not done with Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris’ wedding just yet.
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.