What If This Was a Celebration
“I knew if I could exert most of my energy in the painful icy parts of life, I could certainly make my way back to celebrating the good.”
Getting in Bed With Kristin: Religion & Queerness, Slowly Transitioning, and a New Kitten!
Get in here and get the goods on Kristin’s revamped series! (Get it? Vamped? Like Buffy the Vampi—oh, just get in here.)
The Birthday Issue: Letter From Your Editor
“Autostraddle is more like a guinea pig than like a human child, both for our experimental nature and for how long we were expected to live.”
Introducing Camp Autostraddle XI
Join Roxane Gay, Be Steadwell, Nia & Ness, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols and 400 LGBTQ women, non-binary people and other trans folks for five days of fun fun fun in Ojai, California!
Send Autostraddle a Birthday Card, Because We’re Turning 10!
In honor of our 10th birthday, our Birthday Issue, and your senior editors’ intrepid love for all things DIY and tangible in a world determined to go all digital, we invite you to send Autostraddle a physical birthday card to celebrate our big day.
Sharing Is Caring: 10 Sex Toys Perfect for Couples This Valentine’s Day
Although you can have fun getting busy with a partner with any kind of toy you’re into, these toys designed specifically with couples in mind can leave you and your cutie feeling more satisfied than a Domino’s heart-shaped pizza this Valentine’s Day.
“The L Word” Reboot Is Really, Actually Happening This Very Year
Bette, Shane, and Alice — at the very least — will be back in the eight-episode new season that will land on Showtime some time in 2019.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 53, January 2019
“It’s been so long since I watched a lighthearted dramedy not set in the UK that I’ve forgotten the American way to pronounce condom.”
“Riverdale” Recap Episode 311: Sorry, I’m Actually Just Going to Shout About Cheryl and Toni
When was the last time the two queer women of Riverdale got any semblance of character development?
Lez Liberty Lit: Imagining a Safer Future
Still mourning Mary Oliver. Plus why “books” are not a personality, the mood of reading, feminist bookstores to support right now and more.
Queer Girl City Guide: Houston
Everything’s bigger in Texas.
“Black Lightning” Episode 211 Recap: Sweet, Sweet Forehead Kisses
Grace Choi is back! And she brought kisses and French fries!
“Good Trouble” Episode 104 Recap: Playing the Game
Callie learns another secret she’s gotta keep, Mariana learns another hard lesson about being a young Latina in a dudebro industry, and Alice learns she’s got to re-learn how to say no.
Pop Culture Fix: Natalie Morales Will Play an Openly, Casually Bisexual Lead on NBC’S New Comedy “Abby’s”
Plus: Lena Waithe’s Boomerang looks so so gay, Megan Rapinoe thinks men should take a few hundred years off, Sasha Lane lands a spot in Gillian Flynn’s new show, Brittani Nichols is writing for Issa Rae and Robin Thede’s Black Lady Sketch Show, and your first look at Rosie Perez as Renee Montoya.
You Don’t Always Transition Once
Transitioning is stigmatized as betraying our assigned gender. Sometimes, though, it takes two betrayals to get where we need to be.
No Filter: Tessa Thompson Sure Knows How To Put Out A Fire
Also, Kehlani named her baby and King Princess’ newest collaboration will have you weeping.
Foolish Child #38: TV Trash
“I will not have you ruining another show with your ‘facts.'”
Gina Rodriguez’s Carmen Sandiego Is a Kickass Feminist Hero Who Makes Every Man Around Her Look Like a Buffoon
Latina legend Carmen Sandiego is the most competent, confident person on the show, unapologetic in her femme-ness. A feminist Latina Robin Hood!
Empire’s Jussie Smollett Beaten in Racist, Homophobic Attack by Trump Supporters
An attack on a black gay celebrity like Jussie Smollet is also a message sent to his black and gay fans. So today, for all our queer fam out there, but especially for my black queer family, feel the love and strength of our community. Our kinship is a gift. Please, fortify yourself in that gift today.
You Need Help: How Do I Tell If I’m a Butch Cis Woman or a Trans Non-Binary Person?
If I could tell everyone how to differentiate between gender expression feels and gender feels, I’d be Sovereign Ruler of Gender and maybe things would be easier, but probably also a lot less fun.