• About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
  • Shop
  • Sign In
  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles

Life

  • LGBT History
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Money + Work
  • Geekery
  • Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft
  • Holigays
  • Parenting & Family
  • Pregnancy

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Webcomics
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked by Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Shopping
  • Podcasts

  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles
  • Shop
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
Sex

You Need Help: How Do I Get My Sexual Confidence Back?

You’re at your most vulnerable when you describe how afraid you are of never being desired by another again. Own that vulnerability, because really owning our soft parts is part of what confidence is.

Christina Tesoro March 11, 2019 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 414 Recap: We the Dreamers

Supergirl, Dreamer, and Alex try to protect the people of National City as a Children of Liberty Rally, an Elite ambush, and a peaceful protest collide.

Valerie Anne March 11, 2019 7 Comments
AF+ Issues

Monday Roundtable: Our Saturn Returns

Your late 20s/early 30s are thought by many to mark your Saturn Return, when Saturn circles back around to the placement it was in when you were born, and generally fucks everything up. Here’s how that went for us!

the team March 11, 2019 43 Comments
Issues

Chasing Amy

Birthdays are weird when you have a dead mom.

Kennedy Fields March 11, 2019 13 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Loves Bisexuals, Brandi Carlile, and Kehlani’s “Butterfly”

Brandi Carlile hates guns, Bollywood has a new lesbian rom-com, butterflies coming out of cocoons, KaeLyn talks babies & bills, and belated IWD greetings. Happy Sunday!!

Ari March 10, 2019 9 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Rupture

You will never get closure, how to relearn how to masturbate as a trans women, golden showers and more.

Ryan Yates March 10, 2019
Politics + Activism

Be The Change: 5 Ways to Create Safer Activist Spaces For Everyone

We have to commit to always learning and growing and doing more all the time to make our spaces better and better.

KaeLyn March 9, 2019 23 Comments
Webcomics

Some Things: Gender/Language Barrier

…the word for she/he/it are WRITTEN differently but PRONOUNCED the same.

Cameron March 9, 2019 26 Comments
Community

Are You 10 Years Ago

“everywhere i went i was protected. i was never in the dark. i was alone but i was never really alone because autostraddle was there.”

Emily March 8, 2019 18 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Nomi Feels the Carmen de la Pica Morales Sting on “Grown-Ish”

Plus updates on Charmed, All American, Roswell, Boomerang, The Magicians, and Whiskey Cavalier!

The TV Team March 8, 2019 10 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Making Bisque and Bingeing Derry Girls

“Thank you for blessing us with the phrase ‘kitchen top,’ because I think that’s my actual alignment.”

Darcy March 8, 2019 13 Comments
Issues

Happy Birthday Autostraddle: 10th Birthday Cards and Love Notes from YOU

Not only did you send cards and love notes, you also sent us homemade vegan cookies, cash donations, and a fucking handmade seahorse enamel charm?!?!?!

Vanessa March 8, 2019 44 Comments
Movie Reviews

“Captain Marvel” Is More Kickass Than Our Wildest Dreams

If I were a man invested, even subconsciously, in propping up a patriarchal society where women, even subconsciously, Know Their Place, Captain Marvel would terrify the pants off of me.

Heather Hogan March 8, 2019 40 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: When Did You Find Autostraddle And What Happened Next?

We’ve been here for 10 years! When did you join the party?

Vanessa March 8, 2019 101 Comments
AF+

It’s Autostraddle’s 10th Birthday: Ask Us Anything!

Sweet birthday AMA!! Eight full hours of advice, answers, resolutions, and camaraderie! No question will go unanswered! Not an A+ member yet? TODAY’S A GREAT DAY TO JOIN!

Laneia March 8, 2019 472 Comments
Issues

Save Room for Autostraddle’s 10th Birthday Cake

Reneice is making us a cake! Then you can make the cake! We can all make the cake!

Reneice Charles March 8, 2019 18 Comments
Book Lists

Tomboys of Literature: An Incomplete Survey

A subjective beginning exploration into the far-reaching but inconsistent landscape of literary tomboys.

Rachel March 7, 2019 43 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 314: Be Gay, Do Crimes

Cheryl Blossom really encapsulates that “Game Of Thrones But Make It Teen Drama” essence that represents Riverdale at its finest.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 7, 2019 2 Comments
TV Reviews

“Derry Girls” Is Back and if You’re Not Watching, You’re Robbing Yourself of Joy

I’m pleased to report that series two, which landed this week on Channel 4, is just as irreverent, just as uproarious, just as unpredictable as series one.

Heather Hogan March 7, 2019 24 Comments
Dating

10 Queers Get Honest About Ghosting

Communication is hard, especially when you have to tell someone something they might not want to hear, which is why sometimes we… just don’t do it!

the team March 7, 2019 50 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 … 1,436 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Win Chris Pureka Tickets! Double Passes to Five US Cities
  • Spring 2019 TV Preview: Shows That’ll Please Your Eyeballs With LGBTQ+ Women Characters
  • Gabby’s Team Pick: xQsi Magazine – Queer Latin@s

Latest Comments

  • Johny papa Quiz: Which Character From ‘The Hunting Wives’ Are You? "I am in love with delta executor which i have downloaded from https://deltaexecutor.mx/"

  • Sally How Magazines Served As Sites of Trans Community-Making 50 Years Ago "Super fascinating to see these “time capsules” and would be very interested to see how things changed in subsequent decades!…"

  • Juan365 We Loved boygenius Because of How They Loved Each Other "Such a valuable post—learned a lot from it. Thanks for sharing! Feel free to visit my blog: Juan365"

  • [email protected] These Are the Hot Tips Queer Small Business Owners Swear By "This is interesting for all small business owners. I have an online store and as a modern entrepreneur I have…"

Latest Posts

  • How Magazines Served As Sites of Trans Community-Making 50 Years Ago
  • Can’t a Lesbian Enjoy a Little Straight Porn Around Here?
  • The Married New Englanders Debating an Erotic Tattoo Gun Situation
  • What Is Queer Generational Trauma, and How Do We Tell Stories About It?
  • I Hope the Crows Will Miss Me

Our Network

  • Store
  • For Them

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2025 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

Read ad-free: join AF MEDIA