FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Which Gay Superpowers Do You Want?
Let’s talk about big gay superpowers we’d want like being invisible to straight people or growing out undercuts in an instant.
Weekender: Miami and Miami Beach Pride
I spent five days in Miami and Miami Beach, and it was not nearly enough! Here are some things I checked out and would recommend.
The Comment Awards Are Celebrating Carol Haird
“Please would you like to bang? I think you’re glorious.”
The Gayest Shit I’ve Ever Done in the Great Outdoors
“When was the last time you saw a straight person in a bog? That’s what I thought.”
You Need Help: What Does My Crush on Someone Older Than Me Mean?
“I have recently grown attracted to someone who is older than me. Not too much older, but enough to make me question where I’m coming from.”
How My Badass Butch Skyrim Character Saved My Life
In the mirror, I saw a scrawny, hollow-eyed girl dressed in ill-fitting boys’ clothes, a parody of a parody of masculinity. But in the screen, I saw myself made strong, confident, fearless, perfect.
Vida’s Season Two Trailer Is Here, Queerer Than Ever
Vida’s second season promises to be deliciously complicated, sultry, and heart-wrenching. Dammit, I already want more!
Into the A+ Advice Box #7: Gender Neutral Parent Names, So Many Questions about Crushes, and More!
Highlights include: going down while wearing a nose ring, surviving the United States as a queer immigrant, living on the same college campus as your ex, and also how to perfectly time your break up. That’s just the beginning!
10 Summer Tracks for Girls Who Want Girls
This summer I want to kiss girls. Girls sticky with lipgloss, girls purple with lipstain, girls sweet with cherry chapstick. I dream about kissing girls in my car (front or back seat). I dream about kissing them in the shade or in the sun. We are always a little bit sweaty and smelling like grass. We are always kissing to music.
“Riverdale” Episode 320 Recap: Prom Night Horrors
Plus, Cheryl and Toni slow dance!
Pop Culture Fix: Handmaid’s Tale Season Three Trailer Finds Serena and June At The Pool, S-M-O-K-I-N-G
Handmaid’s Tale Season Three promises revolution and darkness, Kristen Stewart talks about pressure to define her sexuality, Suranne Jones hired a lesbian sex consultant for “Gentleman Jack,” Clairo on not being straight, writers from Pose and Boomerang and Good Trouble discuss LGBTQ rep, and so much more!
Unlikely Hikers: Creating Space For Everyone On The Trail, One Group Hike At A Time
“I can’t explain how unreal it felt to be able to let my guard down with a big group of strangers on a hike.”
Letter From The Editor: The Outsiders Issue
These are all love stories.
No Filter: Stephanie Beatriz and Cameron Esposito Rep Leather Jacket 4 Leather Jacket Love
Also: Samira Wiley’s time-traveling, Tessa Thompson’s slow dancing with herself, and Janelle Monáe is maybe on her way to the moon.
Cherríe Moraga on Delving Into Her Queer Chicana Memories in “Native Country of the Heart”
Moraga’s latest, “Native Country of the Heart,” is a deep meditation on memory — reflections of the past, recalling hard moments, losing ourselves, and remembering who we are as Mexican-Americans, in more ways than one. She spoke to Autostraddle about her new book and the journey her queer feminism has taken over the course of her career.
Queer Horoscopes for May 2019: Claiming Joy and Power in Your Body
Taurus season is in full bloom — whatever your relationship is to embodiment and pleasure, expect it to change this month.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 56, April 2019
“SHIT WAS GAY HEATHER
SHIT HAS BEEN GAY”
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 413: Great Eggspectations
Truly there is no way to summarize this bonkers episode but just know there are books and treadmills and whips involved in Avalance’s plotline.
30 Alternatives to “I Want You to Run Me Over With a Car,” Courtesy of Villanelle from “Killing Eve”
12. Punch me in line for prison cabbage
You’re Just You: An Accidental Love Letter to Los Angeles
“Towards the end of the night you fall and tear the skin on your knee. But you pop back up and keep skating. You’re relieved. Now that you’ve fallen once you know you’ll be okay.”