Results for: representation
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Mi Familia Perfecta” Adds More Lesbians to Telemundo
Plus updates on Queen Sugar, Legion, and Imposters
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The National Champion of Kissing: Kate and Emaline of “Everything Sucks”
The victory is bittersweet after news broke on Friday that Netflix decided not to renew Everything Sucks for a second season, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned during Autostraddle March Madness, it’s: don’t underestimate Kemaline fans.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Washington DC
Listen OK — the New York Times named Washington DC the Gayest City in America for a reason.
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The Gay Love Stories of Moomin and the Queer Radicality of Tove Jansson
For too long, Tove Jansson’s lesbianism has been ignored or written out of history. But scratch the surface, and the true impact of her queerness on her work becomes apparent.
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Sunday Funday Is a Teenage Intersectional Feminist Vampire
This week we’ve got teen lesbians joining intersectional feminist vampire cults, Jodie Foster, queer archives, and a Gay Music Video of the Week!!!
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“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Director Desiree Akhavan Makes Queer Women’s Movies Because She Just Loves Queer Women
“I want to prove that money can be made off of women’s sexual stories. It’s not just a queer thing. It’s about women receiving pleasure, and giving pleasure. It’s still completely taboo.”
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Hayley Kiyoko and Kehlani’s “What I Need” Video Takes Gay Agenda to Beautiful New Heights
“These two coming together and being so loud and proud about their sexuality and their love for their queer fans is my favorite thing in the world.”
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28 LGBTQ Women Who Came Out Or Otherwise Revealed Themselves To Us in 2018
Your annual report on how much closer we are to finding out that everyone is gay!
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Come on, Grab Your Friends and Relive Adventure Time’s 14 Queerest Episodes
Before we bid Ooo adieu, let’s look back and celebrate Princess Bubblegum and Marceline’s journey from subtext to maintext to happily ever after.
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Also.Also.Also: LGBTQ+ Women in the U.S. Most Likely to Identify As Bisexual According to This One Survey
WNBA’s latest activism, nonbinary in the workplace, some new stats on LGBTQ identities, TEENS, Canada puts LGBTQ rights above religious freedom, the future of ‘queer’, plus more!
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Escaping Eden: Finding Lilith in Queerness
Lilith after all has become a sign of every socially unacceptable aspect of women, including and especially our sexuality.
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Evening Walks
“My brother would wander toward the TV to watch some movie, and I’d go straight for the computer and open two tabs. In one, YouTube. In the other, fanfiction.net, where I tweaked the character filters so I could read about Santana and Brittany falling in love for the thousandth time.”
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Monday Roundtable: The Style Icons Who Inspired Our Gay Style
“My style icon is Nancy Meyers’ interpretation of a middle-aged white woman after she’s decided to pull herself together sometime in the second act. Wow that is… I feel very called out by own self.”
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Orange Is the New Black Season Six Went to the Max and Maybe Back Into Our Hearts
Carmen and Riese talk about the entirety of Season Six of “Orange is the New Black,” which they thought they were going to hate at first but then it actually turned out pretty okay.
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Winter 2019 TV Preview: All The Lesbian, Queer and Bisexual TV Coming Your Way
All the premiere dates and sneak peeks at new and returning television shows with lesbian, bisexual or queer women characters coming January, February and March 2019 to a shiny box near you.
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Fatventure Mag Is Here to Reshape the Way We Tell Stories About Fat People and Adventures
Fatventure Mag, a print and digital magazine, seeks to change the narrative about who deserves an adventurous life and who can tell stories about those adventures. The first volume is brimming with the voices of fat outdoorsy women and non-binary folks – and you have 5 days left to donate to its Kickstarter to make it a reality!
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You Need Help: Three Classic Bisexual Questions, Now with Bisexual Answers
Today we look at a panoply of questions, which, while the situations of their querents are specific and concrete, encompass three of the most common questions we hear in relation to bisexuality: Am I actually bisexual or not? Am I pansexual or something else within the bi+ spectrum? How the fuck do I let people know I’m not straight?
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Boobs on Your Tube: “All American” Just Keeps Getting Its Lesbian Story Right
All American tackles internalized homphobia, Charmed gives Mel a devastating choice, Eleanor Shellstrop is horny even when she’s getting dragged into hell, AU! Charlie returns to Supernatural, Beth and Valencia are leaving Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and more!
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“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child
“Close your eyes and imagine for one moment a world where little black girls spend their entire childhoods seeing women like the ones they will become in just as many books, television shows, awards ceremonies, universities, political offices, magazines, advertisements and leadership positions as their white peers do. Really picture it, and then ask yourself: what would that future look like?”
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Also.Also.Also: You Can Eat Popsicles for Breakfast and Other Important Information From This Week
A personally curated list of complicated feelings surrounding July 4th, trans feminist vampire slayers, Meshell Ndegeocello has a new music video, and other evening news ready to take you into the weekend.