A beautiful commitment to and demonstration of Black femme poetics, The Color Pynk offers a radical alternative to the genre of the academic book, one that celebrates Black queer language as its own tactic of freedom-dreaming.
Cafes became hubs for marginalized members of the communities they were in, and learning their history helps us understand the power of their impact.
Selfie Aesthetics: Seeing Trans Feminist Futures in Self-Representational Art is a book about selfies and our relationships to them.
Marika Cifor’s new book Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS explores how LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS archives shape our understanding of history.
Author Jeanna Kadlec talks about her new memoir Heretic, the loss of leaving a life, gay Bible stories, and more.
Writer Blair Braverman talks preppers, survival, queer love, and her gripping new novel, Small Game.
The Falling In Love Montage (2020) and Not My Problem (2021) are as hilarious as they are moving.
Domestic horror is gay as hell.
Poet and musician Sadie Dupuis talks new collection Cry Perfume, scent and memory, and using autocorrect as a co-writer.
It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.
“We never learned to write books, we only learn how to write the book that we’re writing.”
You fear Nightwood because of what it reveals about you.
Autostraddle Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s debut book — Helen House, a queer horror novelette — comes out October 18.
I’ve always had a very active daydream life.
On queerbaiting, bisexuality, and Jennifer’s Body. This essay is an exclusive excerpt from the queer horror anthology It Came From the Closet, on sale next week.
“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of expectations. When I was younger, successes and failures felt huge, and this is the case for Anna too.”
Topics include the mall, Tinder, Gabby Petito, the abuse scandal at an acclaimed L.A high school, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Crime Junkie, amusement parks, dog breeds and more!
When I read Middlesex, I felt that tinge of recognition I think a lot of queer and trans people look for when they realize something is different about themselves.
“I was excited to talk about rest for children, to talk about how even rest can be an adventure.”
“Somebody told me that pretty much everyone who grew up queer, especially in our generation, is a secretive person or has an ability for secrecy.”