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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

8 Hours

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

The Latest

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

8 Hours

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

8 Hours

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

Everyone on the Autostraddle senior team (Kayla, Carmen, Riese, Viv, Anya, Heather, Laneia and Nico are seen backgrounded by A League of Their Own style stars against an oldey timey film-y looking backdrop of a bright blue sky with clouds. Each person's name appears in a ribbon below their smiling photograph.

af+

Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #43

“I wanna know about the image for Laneia’s hate fuck list — these are some very choice collage images…”

The Editors

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Aug 26, 2022

lgbt book reviews

Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves

Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 26, 2022

Ursula from The Little Mermaid is singing directly to camera with her pet eels on either side.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: “Mermaiding” Is the Next Terrain of Queer Subculture

The documented history of queer culture and mermaids, de-gentrifying pole dancing, queer YA books are selling in record numbers despite bans targeting them, and learning the limits of nonviolence.

Carmen Phillips

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Aug 25, 2022

A vintage illustration of a bird on a branch against a blue background

book lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change

I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.

danijanae

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Aug 25, 2022

alicent and rhaenyra canoodle in front of the fire

tv show recaps

Oh No, “House of the Dragon” Is Hinting at Queer Love

They’re the only two young women in the Red Keep, which I don’t have any experience with, but I do know what it’s like to be best friends with the…

Heather Hogan

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Aug 25, 2022

A crow against an orange and blue background

literature

Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella

Catch up on the latest LGBTQ+ literature news in Rainbow Reading.

Yashwina

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Aug 25, 2022

Jena Malone attends the "Lorelei" Premiere during the 2021 Tribeca Festival

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Jena Malone Comes Out as Pansexual By Doing An Interpretive Dance on Instagram

“My sexual identity has more to teach and to tell me,” Malone wrote on Instagram. “Finding words that feel more right to explore in my telling. Pansexuality. Sapiosexuality. Polyamory.”

Heather Hogan

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Aug 24, 2022