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HORROR IS SO GAY: a person peeling off a pumpkin mask
Issues Movie Features

The Threequel Is the Gay Cousin of Horror Movies

Threequels never play it safe. I used to, until I didn’t.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 1, 2024 7 Comments
"I feel a LOT of sexual desire in an abstract sense, but have no motivation to act on it with anyone in particular, even myself."
Dating

‘I Want a T4T Relationship but Worry About Chaser Behavior’

So, shame about sexuality. Lots of us have some. Some of us have lots.

Summer Tao October 1, 2024
BE GAY DO CRIME COVER REVEAL
Book Features

Check Out the Cover and an Excerpt From the Upcoming Super Queer Fiction Anthology ‘Be Gay, Do Crime’

Read Temim Fruchter’s story from the upcoming Be Gay, Do Crime short fiction anthology.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Temim Fruchter
October 1, 2024
Ash and Megan lounge on rainbow pool floats holding hands in Colin From Accounts
TV Reviews

‘Colin From Accounts’ Has a Cute Dog and Some Queer Subplots

The first thing I want to tell you about this show is that the titular Colin from accounts is a dog. The second thing I want to tell you is that the dog’s owners both have queer best friends

Valerie Anne October 1, 2024 1 Comment
october 2024 streaming guide collage
TV Lists

October 2024: What’s New and Gay to Stream

We’ve got new seasons of Heartstopper, Lincoln Lawyer, Tracker, and Lioness; two power lesbians in the Real Housewives of New York, a docuseries about the lesbian Grey’s Anatomy writer who faked cancer and more new queer stuff streaming this October!

Riese October 1, 2024 9 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

‘All Things Go’ Had Everything Gay: Reneé Rapp, Janelle Monáe, Julien Baker, Drag Queens Lip Syncing to Chappell Roan

At ‘All Things Go’, Renee Rapp brought her girlfriend onstage, Janelle Monáe brought the house down and drag queens brought Chappell Roan to the fans. Also: Rebel Wilson got married, Jenny Shimizu opens up about banging Madonna and more queer pop culture news!

Valerie Anne September 30, 2024 10 Comments
KALINDA and Lana kissing in The Good Wife
Comedy TV Lists

YouTube Clips of Gay Shows I Watched Obsessively To Get Off When I Was a Closeted Lesbian

This week I am six months on testosterone, which means that currently and chemically, I am both a 30 year-old lesbian and a 13 year-old boy.

Motti September 30, 2024 5 Comments
Gabrielle and Xena
Halloween

15 Couples Halloween Costumes For Tall and Short Couples

Halloween costume time is the best time of year to tower over your girlfriend or best friend or partner (or vice versa).

Riese September 30, 2024 60 Comments
5 down / 6 letters / Did a kickflip like Leo Baker
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Touching and Tasting

It’s (probably) not what you think.

Darby Ratliff September 30, 2024
lesbian 90s fashion trends collage
Quizzes

Quiz: Which ’90s Fashion Statement Are You?

Are you an enormous flannel shirt? An enormous blazer? An enormous baseball jersey broadcasting your affection for the Charlotte Hornets basketball team? Perhaps you are an enormous t-shirt that broadcasts all of your political affiliations? Find out now!

Riese September 29, 2024 11 Comments
Aubrey Plaza lounges on a couch and eats a cherry as Wow Platinum in Megalopolis
Movie Reviews

‘Megalopolis’ Is a Tribute to Heterosexual Monogamy

Queerness exists in Coppola’s world but only as a marker for debauchery.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 29, 2024 18 Comments
Lou in amniotic fluid in the Love Lies Bleeding sex scene
Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: In Love Lies Bleeding, Puking Out Your Lover Is the Ultimate Act of Intimacy

In a Venn diagram between “noir film” and “sun/moon Double Cancer signs” (that’s me!), the overlap is clear: We both HOTLY fetishize quasi-parasitic enmeshment! 

Alissa Nutting September 28, 2024 3 Comments
Webcomics

Reine #65: Daily Dose

Shoutout to the gays allergic to cats who have cats anyway!

Ren Strapp September 28, 2024 1 Comment
59 across / 3 letters / Las Vegas Ace's star Wilson
AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Full-Size Crossword is Very Big

Like, 15×15 squares big. That’s a huge (compared to other Autostraddle puzzles)!

Kate Hawkins September 28, 2024
on the left: PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 21: Maisy Stella attends the Acura House of Energy at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for Acura) On the right: LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 26: Bella Ramsey attends the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2024 at The Grosvenor House Hotel on March 26, 2024 in London, England.(Photo by Simon Ackerman/WireImage)
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

It Appears Actors Maisy Stella and Bella Ramsey Have Confirmed Their Very Cute Relationship

Maisy Stella ushers us into a glorious Libra season by sharing birthday wishes for Bella Ramsey on instagram, seemingly confirming rumors that the two are dating.

Riese September 27, 2024 3 Comments
A close up on Suzy Izzard in Kaos.
TV Reviews

‘Kaos’ Is an Inventive Take On Greek Mythology From the Trans Creator of ‘The End of the F**cking World’

How could I resist a series that features Cliff Curtis as a horny Poseidon or Suzy Izzard as one of the Fates?

Rendy Jones September 27, 2024 1 Comment
Will Ferrell and Harper Steele drive in a car in Will and Harper
Movie Reviews

‘Will and Harper’ Shows Friendship Is More Important Than Perfection

Will doesn’t have to be perfect to be a great friend to Harper, and this documentary doesn’t need to be perfect to be meaningful.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 27, 2024 7 Comments
Two Indigenous teen boys in basketball jerseys pose with an arm around each other in Rez Ball.
Movie Reviews

‘Rez Ball’ Is an Indigenous Sports Movie About a Queer High School Basketball Coach

Rez Ball reminds me of the sports movies I watched over and over again as a kid. Except none of those movies had a queer coach and featured a montage set to Lil Nas X.

Drew Burnett Gregory September 27, 2024 2 Comments
5 across / 6 letters / "___ Einbinder: Everything Must Go" (stand-up special written by and starring ___ Einbinder)
AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Mini Crossword Is Making Sourdough

BRB, gotta go feed my starter.

Kate Hawkins September 27, 2024
Collage shows a mom holding a child next to an image of a cropped shot of a person in drag.
AF+

My Family Is Freaking Out That We Took Our Daughter To a Drag Brunch

The drag queens loved your toddler and your aunt is absolutely losing her mind! Also, can you ask your gf to shave her bush?

the team September 26, 2024
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