This Holigay Flowchart Will Tell You Which Christmas Movie You Really Want to Watch
Santa or no Santa? Christmas pud or Christmas pie? Do you want to cry?
How I Learned to Tie a Tie Without My Dad
Perhaps he would have loved me enough. I’ll never know, and my eschatology doesn’t include a heaven from which re-embodied souls watch over our earthly lives. All I have is speculation about how he might have reacted to his daughter’s bisexuality, and to his daughter not being precisely a daughter at all.
Monday Roundtable: Still Holding On
We’ve packed and unpacked these items through several apartments, hung them up with care, and regularly touch the sleeves contemplatively although today could be the day. Reader, it’s not going to be the day! The day is not coming. Yet we can’t let go of these garments. Why not!
Sunday Funday Is Adorable Lesbian Kissing on Daytime TV
We’ve got gays kissing during parades, bans on conversion therapy, LEGOs, and Scots who love nonbinary babes!
NSFW Sunday Is in Your Sex Dreams
Why it’s okay to feel lonely even if you have a partner, why it’s a great idea to slide into her insta DMs, what sex dreams might mean and more.
5 Recipes to Use Up Your Holiday Leftovers
It’s good to be mindful and creative in the kitchen and make sure food ends up warming bellies and hearts, not rotting in a landfill. If you’ve got leftovers and some time on your hands this weekend I implore you to give them a makeover with one of these incredible recipes!
Grease Bats: The Afterparty
“Ahhhh… the afterparty: Where good decisions go to die.”
Boobs on Your Tube: “This Is Us” Finally Gets Gay, “9-1-1” Finally Gives Hen Her Own Episode
Plus updates on The Young and the Restless, Camping, and Sally4Ever!
The Comment Awards Are So F*cking Thankful For You
“I’m blushing in ways I cannot fully blame on the wine.”
Things I Read That I Love #277: When Love Contains Dirty Sex and Not Without Humor
Topics include The National Enquirer, Anne Frank, Larry Nasser and USA gymnastics, how to save a life, our lives on a mattress, food writing, ballet, teen tv dramas and The Oregon Trail.
32 Awe-Inspiring Black Friday Sales You Should Shop Through Autostraddle’s Affiliate Links So We Get Money Too
I lost 450 brain cells putting together this gorgeous post for you to enjoy great Black Friday deals so if you’re planning to shop online today, you should definitely read it. Also, we’ve got new Autostraddle merch!
OPEN THREAD: Fall, Friends, and Food
Vete a la mierda Cristóbal Colón! It’s Thanksgiving weekend, and whether or not you “celebrate,” I wanna talk to you about traditions and reclaiming shitty things! Get in here!
Lez Liberty Lit Is Toxic
The word of the year, the curiosity crisis in schools, the art of seeing, and more.
The 16 Best Lesbian and Bisexual TV Couples of 2018
There’s an awful lot of awful things we could be thinking of, but for just one day let’s only think about love.
“Black Lightning” Episode 206 Recap: Well That Took a Turn
Hey, at least Almost-Dr. Anissa Pierce delivered some really cute babies!
Holigay Gift Guide: 5 Perfect Presents For All 5 Love Languages
Whether your person prefers quality time, physical touch, words of affirmation, receiving gifts, or acts of service, we’ve got some gift ideas for them!
Pop Culture Fix: You Gays Will Love Stephanie Beatritz’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” Season 6 Storyline
Tig Notaro, Hannah Gadsby and Cameron Esposito dominate year-end stand-up specials lists, an interview with Noelle Stevenson about the new She-Ra, a lesbian in League of Legends, maybe that heartbreaking Charmed storyline won’t last, and more!
No Filter: Kehlani Is Well On Her Way to Mommidom
Also, Emily Hampshire and Teddy Geiger post some engagement shots and a few familiar faces launch their own season of the L Word.
The Loneliness of Being Fat at Camp
“I shower. Get dressed. Read or listen to music until my hair is mostly dry and I can brush it. I don’t wear makeup and I don’t know how to do anything with my hair. No one wears the same size as me. I don’t know how to be a part of this ritual.”
Lesbian and Bisexual Women of History Who Were Obsessed With Their Dogs, Part 3
Eleanor Roosevelt, Frida Kahlo, Naomi “Micky” Jacob, Elsie de Wolfe and Elisabeth Marbury — and their puppers!