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Politics + Activism

Today’s Supreme Court Hearing Reveals Free Speech Debacle Inside a Gay Wedding Cake Trojan Horse

Does baking a cake for a gay person amount to being forced by the state to artistically express your personal support for gay weddings? Bizarrely, that’s kind of what the Supreme Court is being asked to decide.

Rachel December 5, 2017 9 Comments
Jewish Holidays

Queering the Jewish Holidays: How I Celebrate Hanukkah

“It reminds me of traditions I enjoyed as a child with my family, and it reminds me that I like my religion, and it reminds me that history is very long and humans are very resilient.”

Vanessa December 5, 2017 22 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 309 Recap: Reign-deer Games

The full force of Reign is unleashed and Supergirl goes face to face with her. Also Lena is back!

Valerie Anne December 5, 2017 22 Comments
Geekery

Black Queer Teenage Detective Comic “Goldie Vance” Is Gonna Be a Movie!

Kerry Washington will produce, and Rashida Jones will adapt and direct this into a franchise of movies.

Mey December 5, 2017 5 Comments
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Holiday Gift Guide: What Sex Toy To Gift No Matter How Many Partners You Have

Here’s what to get yourself, your girlfriend, the married couple you’re sleeping with, and everyone else at the play party — all for up to 50% off!

Ryan Yates December 5, 2017 25 Comments
Beauty

AM/PM: Waking Up Is Hard to Do

“I give myself the first hour I’m awake to lie in bed wishing I was still asleep and do the mental gymnastics necessary to get my feet on the floor. Sometimes it takes less than an hour and that’s great! Often it does not.”

Reneice Charles December 5, 2017 23 Comments
Autostraddle Gift Guide Tomboy Femme
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Gift Guide: ‘Tis (Always) the Season to Be Tomboy Femme

Because tomboy femmes tend to hang out in a gray area, we can be hard to shop for. But worry no longer! Here’s the perfect gift guide for the tomboy femmes in your life.

Hansen December 5, 2017 24 Comments
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Christmas Shopping

Holigay Gift Guide: Gadgets for Caffeine Lovers Under $30

Coffee gadgets don’t have to be expensive!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 4, 2017 10 Comments
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An Autostraddle Extra Feelings Roundtable: When’s The Last Time You Cried?

Tears are rain upon the blinding dust of earth or whatever.

the team December 4, 2017 93 Comments
Queer Fashion

Feelin’ Bad, Lookin’ Good: A Guide to Your Sad Queer Winter Uniform

Pieces that are easy to throw on and look good when little else is easy at all.

Nora December 4, 2017 7 Comments
TV Lists

Riverdale’s 13 Top (Gayest) Cheryl Blossom Moments

“I’m not sure if Cheryl wants to murder or make out with Josie, and that’s pretty much Cheryl Blossom in a nutshell.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 4, 2017 32 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Taking Back America One Feminist Bookstore at a Time

The 2018 gay agenda, Allison Ikley-Freeman on being the first out Oklahoma lesbian legislator, new queer feminist bookstore opens in the Heartland, an LGBT Bible app, letters from Your Holiday Mom, a queer aesthetic of Black Womanhood, and more!

KaeLyn December 3, 2017 7 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is a Winner

How to win a breakup, why queer and trans people need to be part of discussions around birth control, erotic fanfiction, a first lesbian sex story and more.

Ryan Yates December 3, 2017 4 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for December 2017

“This has been a year of intense pressure on all our intimacies — even the strongest relationships are undergoing deep transformations.”

Corina Dross December 2, 2017 12 Comments
Coming Out

Y’All Need Help #15: With a Face as Deadpan as the Aubrey Plaza Sea

Checking on your ex, being honest with coworkers, being honest with everyone including yourself, and pulling yourself out of a year-long sad thing! Come help give advice!!

Laneia December 2, 2017 27 Comments
Comedy Travel

Every Hotel Breakfast I Ate On My Cross-Country Road Trip, Ranked

This isn’t the Saturday Morning Cartoon you were expecting, but it’ll probably be better than drinking a $5 cup of coffee with powdered creamer, you know?

Riese December 2, 2017 26 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Welcome To December!

It is the first day of December and it is also my very first time hosting a Friday Open Thread on Autostraddle dot com! Come say hi please!

Vanessa December 1, 2017 91 Comments
AF+

Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #16

“Out beyond ideas of likable and unlikable comments there is a field. I’ll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.”

The Editors December 1, 2017 43 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Safe, Weird, & Rolled In Something

“I finally understand why the straights were so worried we were going to ruin marriage. Apparently, they wanted to do it themselves.”

Darcy December 1, 2017 19 Comments
Christmas Movie Features

This Is Your 25 Days of Carolmas Advent Calendar

There will always be those who lose sight of the real message of this joyous time, choosing to focus on notions and boat tickets, instead of the lessons laid forth by Our Lady of Waterloo. But not us, Dearest.

Heather Hogan December 1, 2017 27 Comments
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