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Sex

Queer Sex Coven: Braid Sex Into Love (and Sex)

There is no chill in Scorpio season, so let’s braid you into a relationship.

Sophie Saint Thomas October 25, 2019 2 Comments
Queer Fashion

My First Soft Butch Fashion Icons

One time my dad tried to make me go to bed before The Facts of Life came on and I stood at the closed door of the den and cried so hard and so long and so loud that my neighbors called the cops. 

Heather Hogan October 25, 2019 32 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #300: What Are We Doing Here, In This Short Time On This Dying Rock?

Topics include tenacious Florida women, why NBC killed their Weinstein reporting, sexual violence, checking a bag, systemic racism in Milwaukee, circuit parties, the perfect coke dealer and more!

Riese October 25, 2019 9 Comments
Holigays

Which Lesbian or Bisexual Vampire from History Can #GetIt?

Like March Madness for your horny, freak dyke friends. Of 6 lesbian or bisexual vampires from cinema and literature, which one would you buss it wide open for?

danijanae October 25, 2019 35 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Watching Scary Movies With Our Butch Friend Erica

“Proud Gemini here – we invented parties and the double-ended dildo, so keep sipping that Hateorade.”

Darcy October 25, 2019 9 Comments
Music

Queer Your Ears October 2019: New Music From Queer & Trans Musicians

It’s fall, so #feelingsfall continues — Claud has some baby gay angst anthems, Heather Mae has all the feelings if you want to cry, and Big Thief gets raw and vulnerable.

Abbie Jones October 25, 2019 6 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Impulse” Season 2 Makes Good on its Gay Promise

Jenna’s journey of self-discovery continues in the darker, stronger, gayer second season.

Valerie Anne October 25, 2019 3 Comments
First Person

I Went to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and All I Got was This Shirt and Self-Confidence

While I really love the feeling of being transported to a new time and place, like when I’m reading a good book, what really got me misty-eyed about this festival was how inclusive of all weirdness it was. 

Molly Priddy October 24, 2019 10 Comments
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“Riverdale” Episode 403 Recap: The First Rule of Riverdale Is Don’t Talk About Logic on Riverdale

The show has all the subtlety of a freak show. It’s horror-camp. It’s musical theater. And I absolutely mean all of those things as compliments.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 24, 2019 2 Comments
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The Autostraddle Guide To Queer Mental Health

An epically organized guide to some of our best work on topics including depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, substance abuse and other legitimately important topics.

The Editors October 24, 2019 24 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q TV News & Trailers

Stoned Bette Porter Toasts to New Beginnings in the Latest “The L Word: Generation Q” Trailer

Only 45 more days until December 8!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 24, 2019 15 Comments
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Sex

6 Easy Steps for Fucking Your Friends Without Fucking Up the Friendship

Let’s rebrand fall as Sex With Friends Season rather than Cuffing Season, yeah?

Vanessa October 24, 2019 39 Comments
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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: “Books” Are Still Not A Personality

“Where are the boundaries between story and real life, between consciousness and an idea?” Plus, the petty errors that pull you out of a piece of writing, how books became a lifestyle brand and, one assumes, a personality, and more.

Ryan Yates October 24, 2019 2 Comments
Movie Lists

5 Girl-on-Girl Vampire Relationships That Do More for Me than Willow and Tara’s

Five vampire couples who may not be safe to hang around when they’re hungry, but are pretty good girlfriends

BJ Colangelo October 24, 2019 5 Comments
TV Feature

Our Luggage: A Non-Binary Ode to The Good Place’s Janet

She’s been through too much ambiguity to be, simply, a Good Janet. Rather she is Complicated Janet. Humanity’s Champion Janet. Janet beyond the binary.

A.E. Osworth October 24, 2019 19 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Love + Sex

What We Love and Hate About Dating Geminis

NEVER AGAIN.

the team October 24, 2019 23 Comments
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Foolish Child #57: Desperate Times

“You don’t know my thirst!”

Dickens October 23, 2019 3 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes: Scorpio Season Is Ready for a Deep Dive

Scorpio invites us to dive as deep as possible, to consider what we want and to go after it with intense focus and endless drive. For those that can navigate this energy with an open mind, there’s endless potential for understanding, connection, and learning to trust personal intuition and magic.

meg October 23, 2019
Geekery

Dungeons & Dragons Healed My Grown-Up Heart By Making Me Feel Like the Kid I Never Got to Be

During my very first tabletop roleplaying adventure, my wood elf ranger casually picked up what was a very clearly a very cursed bell; rang it; and sprouted a pair of donkey ears — and that’s when I became hooked on Dungeons & Dragons.

Heather Hogan October 23, 2019 27 Comments
Halloween Movie Lists

10 Low-Key Horror Movies to Watch With Your Sensitive Butch Date

It’s officially October, which means it’s time to break out the horror movies. Here are a few suggestions to win over your summer crush that will be gone by spring.

danijanae October 23, 2019 19 Comments
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