Here’s Who Tried To Ruin October For Us
On LGBTQ history month of all months!
It’s the Season of the Witch and Hekate, Goth-as-Hell Goddess of Outcast Women
Hekate is the goddess of outcast women and taking power where you find it.
Pop Culture Fix: “Sweetbitter” Gets a Lesbian Bartender, “Black Lightning” Gets a Bisexual Half-Amazon, “Thor” Cuts a Queer Moment and Other Stories
Topics include Keko coming out, Australian model Fiona Falkiner coming out, Hayley Kiyoko being visible and great, Christine Vachon, a set visit to The Runaways, everything mentioned in the headline, and also there has to be a queer character in 911 right?
Talking the Lesbian Philanthropist Agenda with Program Officer Kristen Plumberg of the Tegan and Sara Foundation
An insider interview with the Tegan and Sara Foundation lead, working a CON X Show and generally loving everything these twins do.
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for November 2017
Enjoy the powerfully transformative energy of this month. Work your strongest spells for healing, for an end to suffering, for ending all the structures and oppressions that currently feel immortal.
Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #33: My Queer Bod
“I can’t be reduced. I’ve come to find resilience sexy.”
No Filter: Seriously, Sarah Paulson And Holland Taylor, This Is Too Much
Also, Cara Delevingne jumped out of a heckin’ airplane, Amandla Stenberg wrestled a robot and Samira Wiley brought you some strawberries.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Robot Birds and More News About Disaster Capitalism
“Anything brown and round is fair game,” says Patricelli, who says she’s even seen Greater Sage-Grouses try to mate with dried cow poop when nothing more promising was around. “The bar is pretty low for us in trying to fool the males.”
Thank You Jeanne Córdova, Love Autostraddle Dot Com
We’re closing out LGBT History Month with Jeanne Córdova — a legendary publisher and activist who died last year and included Autostraddle as one of many beneficiaries of her estate, which is why we didn’t lose our minds this year.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 40, October 2017
You’re really gonna wanna see this video Heather made us while on painkillers after taking apart her Roomba to see if she could put her Roomba back together.
22 Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women Athletes Who Changed the Game
Women athletes who came out before very recently risked everything to do so: their endorsements, their fans, their spots on their teams, their livelihoods, and sometimes even their own lives. Here are 22 lesbian, bisexual and trans women athletes who changed their games and changed the game for LGBTQ people by choosing to live openly.
“Supergirl” Episode 304: Cool Aunt Crew
Kara is being worshipped by a cult, Sam is invited to Girls’ Night, Alex has a breakdown; it’s a lot, honestly.
bell’s roar’s Art Funds Art Tour Highlights QTPOC Artists, Calls In Community Support
Get a first look at A-Camp favorite bell’s roar’s newest single, music video and album, and learn all about the Art Funds Art Tour which is all about community support for QTPOC musicians and artists.
Drawn to Comics: Four Cartoonists Explore the Complexity of #MeToo and Public Trauma
The #MeToo hashtag was an important one. It was also imperfect. These comics are illuminating that. They’re speaking up for others who feel the same way but were or still are afraid.
The Day My Students Found My HER Profile
“I was terrified that I was going to receive a bunch of angry phone calls from parents or a visit from the overly religious principal as a result of word getting out that I didn’t fit the heteronormative cookie cutter mold that all of the other teachers at the school did.”
Did You Dress Up This Halloween? Send Us Photos For A Community Gallery!
Did you dress up for Halloween this year? Send me a picture of yourself in costume so I can put together the family photo album of our queer dress up dreams!
With Gratitude and Struggle: Loving Butch/Femme as a Trans Woman
“Butch/Femme is important to me because butches and femmes writing and discussing what it meant to be who we are shaped my understanding of myself and how I can show up in the world.”
VIDEO: Gaby Dunn’s Blissfully Dark Comedy Pilot About a Queer Woman and Her Alcoholic Dad
Also this is your big chance to see Brittani Nichols in a cop uniform.
What if Button-Up Shirts Were Sized By Body Shape Instead of Gender?
Gender Free World’s cuts accommodate large hips, busts, and more — not because they want a world without gender, but because they don’t think your gender should restrict your fashion choices.
EXCLUSIVE: Center for American Progress Calls for Paid Leave Policies That Cover Chosen Family
The first-of-its-kind study revealed some surprising findings on queer and disabled folks in particular.