“Supergirl” Episode 411 Recap: Paradise Lost
Nia finally gets a place on Team Super and Alex’s hair somehow gets gayer?
How My Cat’s Anxiety Helped Me Be Gentler With Myself About My Own
“Why would I be gentle with myself when I was very clearly doing this thing — like so many other things in my life — wrong? No, I didn’t need gentleness. I needed more self-discipline, more conviction, more toughness. I needed to get my fucking shit together.”
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #23
“Little A+ box, I just wanted you to know that today I did my part in helping to burn the patriarchy to the ground.”
Monday Roundtable: I Learned It by Watching You
They say you learn your first lessons about how to be a person from your family, and that applies to chosen family, too. Today we’re sharing something we learned from watching another Autostraddle staffer that’s made our life better and brighter.
Queer Your Ears: New Music by Queer & Trans Artists from January 2019
This month, there are some wintry tracks for relaxing and looking out the window at a rainy day, as well as some upbeat stuff for breaking out of the doldrums. And a bunch of stuff in between.
Viva La Vie Boheme! This Is Your RENT Liveblog!
Join Carmen, Valerie, KaeLyn and Al(aina) as they liveblog RENT live!
Sunday Funday Is Over the Moon About Brandi Carlile’s Grammy Noms
Navajo grandparents advocating for their grandkids, a school in Latin America for trans youth, video games as a way to explore queer identity, plus RENT is back live, tonight! Happy Sunday!!!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Scheduling Sex
Scheduled sex doesn’t have to be boring. Plus, how to like receiving oral more, a sex ed chatbot, how to have uncomfortable sexual conversations and more.
Raising Baby T. Rex: Dinos Resist! A Guide to Raising a Little Activist
“What I’m saying is, if you’re sitting in the legislative chamber trying to hear the floor debate and someone’s kid starts crying or yelling “Baby Shark!” please be kind to them.”
Yo! That’s Not Cool #17: On Being a Black Woman
“Because I’m the best!”
Boobs on Your Tube: “All American” and “Charmed” Are All About That Lesbian Love
Plus: Some infuriating rumors about Coronation Street and updates on Siren, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Top Chef!
The Comment Awards Think You’re Hot and You Can Too
“If Erin Sullivan has taught me anything, it’s that someone will try to use a bath bomb as a dildo.”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Who Was Your First LGBTQ Inspiration Model?
Do you remember the first inspiration models or role models in your life? Come chill with me and let’s get hella nostalgic!
Carly Usdin’s “Avant-Guards” Is the Women’s Basketball Comic Book You’ve Been Waiting for Since Before You Knew You Were Gay
Welcome to the Georgia O’Keefe College of Arts and Subtle Dramatics!
25 of Your Most Alarming Travel Nightmare Stories
You shared some very thrilling stories with us on our recent Queer Travel Survey. Here are highlights of your adventures!
Here’s Why Trump-Era Republicans Are Obsessed with Trying to Outlaw Trans People
In a post “love-wins” America, we’ve circled back to the underlying legal thinking of the 1950s. In the late 2010s and especially under Trump, gender and gender conformity are back under the legal microscope in a move that targets the gender nonconformity fundamental to aspects of gay identity for many, and also increasingly and dangerously, trans people.
“Riverdale” Episode 310 Recap: Broke Betty
The dads of Riverdale are acting out.
2018 By the Numbers: An A+ Members Exclusive
It’s time for our very special members-only annual report!
Kate Moennig Arrives on “grown-ish” to Stop the Next Generation of Shanes
“Are you out here Janelle Monae-ing in these streets?” is a real thing a real character said out loud on grown-ish last night.
Like the Other Kids
On top of how hard it is to be transgender in a cissexist world, it’s also really hard to be a child. It can be hard to have two moms in a heterosexist world. It can be hard to have a transgender mom. Put that all together, and I’m just one giant ball of anxiety who is frequently at a loss for the perfect way to help my child navigate the world.