Results for: straight people watch
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The 50 Best Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Movies of the Decade
The fact is most of the films about us — and especially the films by us — do not get the attention they deserve. But nobody is better equipped to tell our stories than we are.
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Into the A+ Advice Box: US Politics Special Edition
We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!
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Top 25 Most Egregious Acts of Queerbaiting on TV
“They murdered someone together which was sex. I don’t understand what’s confusing here.”
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“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” Is Queerness and Hope in a Dark World
Join Carmen Phillips, Valerie Anne, Heather Hogan, and special guest Meg Jones Wall to talk about the triumph, heartbreak, gayness, and empowerment of one of our all-time favorite animated series.
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Extra! Extra!: There Must Be an End to the Long List of Names We Memorialize
This week’s Extra! Extra! honors all the victims – past, present and future. Oh it needs to stop – there must be an end to the long list of names we memorialize. But I’m not naive enough to think more lives won’t be lost before we reach that point.
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Meet the Queer and Trans Women Taking Over Professional Wrestling
As a child, I loved watching wrestling. As I got older, however, the sport began to change, and the storylines became isolating. Fortunately, both fans and other wrestlers alike have made it clear that wrestling is no longer a business where bigotry is going to be tolerated.
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10 Horror Movies and What Type of Crush to Watch Them With
It doesn’t really matter what you watch as long as it has a few good scares. But why not bond with your crush over some very pointed queer horror? Here’s a list of ten films to watch this Halloween based specifically on what type of crush is currently haunting you.
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Always In The Middle: On Being Biracial & Bisexual
Perhaps my identity oscillates at times but in a world that attempts to force me to choose one side of a binary, I remain firmly in the middle.
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“Reach Out to One Person a Day”: Feminist AIDS Activists Reflect on COVID-19
While gay men have necessary and urgent things to say about the enduring HIV/AIDS epidemic, women have always participated in AIDS activism. I spoke with two longtime feminist AIDS activists about queer community, care, and connection in the time of COVID-19.
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“Supergirl” Episode 517 Recap: Case of the Lex
Melissa Benoist makes her directing debut, Alex eats dumplings, and Lena wears one hell of a suit.
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Into the A+ Advice Box #13: Social Distancing, Polyamorous Housing Decisions, and More!
Coping with feeling like it’s the end times and residual religious fears, sexual needs changing within long-term relationships, getting started with dating apps, and more!
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Into the A+ Advice Box #15: So Your Boss Sent a Hurtful Email About You
Broken up with during quarantine, exploring your sexuality in quarantine, feeling concerned about being “okay” in quarantine, sage advice for parents of a non-binary kid and more!
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LGBTQ TV Characters Are at an All Time High, According to GLAAD’s “Where We Are on TV” Report
There is plenty to celebrate. And there is plenty of work to be done.
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Classic TV From the 2000s That You Can Stream to Survive Trump This Year
An incompetent, racist, homophobic, madman is driving at the wheel of our country. But we’ve been here before. We fought back. We survived it. And I believe that we’ll survive this, too.
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Wear the Band Shirt, Make Your Own Rules
Band t-shirts are a way of both presenting and defining acceptable enthusiasms, and the baseline for what kind of enthusiasm is permitted is always socially established by straight men.
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“Twenties” Review: Lena Waithe Writes Herself Into Her Groundbreaking New BET Series To Mixed Results
Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” on BET is historic — the first black butch lesbian to ever serve as the protagonist of a comedy in TV history! Carmen and Natalie got together to talk about the show, what’s next for black queer representation, and yes that really great sex scene.
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“Batwoman” Boldly Goes Where Few TV Shows Have Gone Before — Into a Gay Lady Love Triangle!
“Down Down Down” introduces Reagan, a bartender who neither melts under Ruby Rose’s intense smolder nor is shaken from her single-minded pursuit of asking out Kate Kane by the fact of three entire elevators plummeting to the ground in the building where she’s working a party.
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Generation Q Showrunner Marja Lewis-Ryan On Period Sex, Why Carmen’s Not Coming Back and Dating Your Neighbor
“You can’t ask me that. Well, you can ask me. But I can’t tell you.”
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Why Is It So Damn Hard to Build a Good Lesbian Breakup Playlist?
I don’t want to put any songs on my breakup playlist that any of my exes have used, or are using, to woo their new girlfriends.
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Also.Also.Also: Lena Waithe and Robyn Crawford Had a Very Nice Chat and Other Stories From Your Week
Chosen family, Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris, books!!!, flying monkeys, queer immigrants and DACA, sneaky sexism, and so much more! Real fun stuff!