Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #27: Boot Straps
“Now that I’m a grown-up (sike!), I find myself capable of doing just about anything! … Anything, of course, except asking for help when I’m going through a thing or something is hard for me.”
Laverne Cox’s “Doubt” Love Story Imagines a Better World for Trans Women
CBS already canceled Doubt, but the full first season is airing this summer and it’s breaking major ground for trans representation.
No Filter: Cara Delevingne Would Love To Sketch You Sometime
In which Danielle Brooks is anthropomorphizing a wig, Gaby Dunn got a haircut and Brittani Nichols is fine.
I Went to Skirt Club, a Lesbian Sex Party for Straight Women
What does it mean to be queer and a sex worker at Skirt Club?
“The Bold Type” Episode 106 Recap: It’s All About The Nipple
Sometimes you gotta cause a riot.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Messed Up Middle-earth Mountains, Building Demolition And More
“Middle-earth’s got 99 problems, and mountains are basically 98 of them.”
“The L Word” Reboot May Ignore Season Six Altogether, Just Like I Already Do
Ilene Chaiken dropped a LOT of interesting L Word reboot news at the TCA press tour.
Home Sweet Homo: An Autostraddle Homeowner Roundtable
Cee, Beth, Aja, and KaeLyn share their daring tales of real-life homeownership and their solid advice to future homebuyers!
Drawn to Comics: Carly Usdin’s “Hi-Fi Fight Club” Is “Baby-Sitters Club” Meets “Empire Records,” But So Much Gayer
“I like to describe Hi-Fi Fight Club as equal parts Empire Records, Sailor Moon and The Baby-Sitters Club. I think there’s some D.E.B.S., Scott Pilgrim, Josie and the Pussycats and Lumberjanes in there as well.”
AM/PM: Early to Rise
Find out how Carrie likes her eggs in the morning!
Cameron Esposito’s Queery Podcast Was Made For Me And You, For Right Now
Cameron Esposito has risen to the occasion of this frightening moment in our political landscape, with compassion and a whole lot of laughter.
58 Trans Women Actresses You Should Know and Also Love
Your move, Hollywood.
Too Cool for School: Your Pre-Fall Style Guide
(Oprah voice) laaaayeriiiiing!
Be Part of Autostraddle’s Queer in the Stacks Gallery!
You weirdos love books and you love to read and now you’re going to prove it!
Some Real and Definitely Not Made Up Ani DiFranco B-Sides
No one knows how this happened, but the first time you came out to someone between 1990 and 2005, there was a person waiting just outside of the conversation ready to hand you a set of headphones playing Ani DiFranco.
8 Books Featuring Queer Parents To Read This Summer
The feel-good books centering queer parents you should read right now.
“Orphan Black” Episode 509 Recap: An Angry Angel Gets Her Wings
The babies are coming, the babies are coming!
The Internet’s Increasing Lack of Privacy Is Putting LGBTQ People in Real Danger
“For all the harm popularly associated with online anonymity, anonymity can often be the only shield allowing LGBTQ folk to safely exist online.”
QTPOC Roundtable: TV and Movie Characters That Made Us Feel Seen
“Jessi showed me that it was cool to focus on my ambitions and to form deep relationships with other girls instead of being boy-obsessed.”
“Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City” Is a Queer Romcom Don’t @ Me
“From now on, we’re a we.”