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VIDEO! Getting in Bed with Kristin #6: Coming Out (to yourself)

Last week I talked alllll about the joyous, never-stressful process of coming out to yourself. Also, Jenny joined me for a bit and shared her 1st grade daydreams of saving girls on horseback…

Kristin February 27, 2017 6 Comments
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Meet Me at Trump Tower: A Public Queer Dance Party as Resistance

Talking to organizers Didi Feuer and Dana Kline on party as protest and how crucial accessibility is in activist work.

Liza Mcdonald February 27, 2017 2 Comments
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Be The Change: How to Make a Mind Map for Activism

This mind map exercise will help activists create achievable goals to avoid burnout.

Danielle February 27, 2017 9 Comments
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer in the Bedroom

Your next community gallery is here! Come gaze upon nearly 170 queer bedrooms of our lives, and the queers who queer them. Safe for work, more or less!

Laneia February 27, 2017 102 Comments
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#BlackExcellence At Its Finest: “Moonlight” Beats “La La Land” for Best Picture

Besides the fact that Moonlight is 200% the movie La La Land could ever be, on a petty note, seeing something undeserved snatched out of white hands felt SO. GOOD. It was the vindication I will never get in my real life. It was #BlackExcellence at its finest.

Ari February 27, 2017 88 Comments
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Follow Your Arrow: “Great British Bake Off” Star Ruby Tandoh Shares Her Love of Food

“I wish there were more LGBTQ food writers, though — it can be a pretty stiflingly traditional (read: heteronormative, and very white) world. Find a network of like-minded queer women to work with, seek advice from and befriend! We gotta stick together.”

Beth February 27, 2017 21 Comments
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Meet One Day at a Time’s Lesbian Writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo

We talked to One Day at a Time writers, Becky Mann and Michelle Badillo, about gay representation on TV, how Autostraddle came to be in the script, their queer TV roots, what kind of LGBT stories are missing from TV and what’s in store for Elena in a potential next season.

Yvonne February 27, 2017 39 Comments
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9 Lesbian and Trans Women Activists In the Spotlight Of “When We Rise”

Summaries of the historical events chronicled in “When We Rise” and background on some of the incredible women portrayed in this historical miniseries, debuting tomorrow on ABC.

Riese February 26, 2017 14 Comments
Jodie Foster speaks at an anti-Trump rally in Beverly Hills.
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Sunday Funday is Getting Political With Jodie Foster and Dancing in the Moonlight

Jodie Foster spoke out against Trump at a pre-Oscars rally, Moonlight dominated the Independent Spirit Awards, Ellen gave away her biggest gift(s) ever, Slovenia legalized same-sex marriage, and two gays finally touched lips on the Disney Channel.

Heather Hogan February 26, 2017 12 Comments
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Chyna Gibson is the Fifth Trans Woman of Color, Fourth Black Trans Woman, Murdered So Far This Year

According to a friend, Gibson was visiting her friends and family in New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras. That friend added, “She was just a really good person. Everyone loved her. This is unnecessary.”

Mey February 26, 2017 7 Comments
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3 A.M.: An Unlikely Protagonist

Welcome to 3 A.M. a monthly comic about a very unlikely job at a very unlikely convenience store and some very, very unlikely events.

Pam February 26, 2017 13 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #222: I Look For Myself In Other Women’s Bodies

Topics include the Olsen twins museum, Mary Gaitskill, taking up space, PewDiePie, the Milo bus, menstrual cups, women’s prisons, airports and so much more!

Riese February 26, 2017 22 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is Taking Nudes With A Feminist Lens

Safer sexting from a feminist perspective, everything about your ex, brains on BDSM, whether you need to wash your hands before fingering someone and more.

Ryan Yates February 26, 2017 13 Comments
Geekery

Will Uber’s Very Public Sexual Harassment Debacle Actually Change Things For Women in Tech?

Are we finally moving past the storytelling phase and into doing real things to combat sexism in the technology industry, or is this Uber fiasco more of the same?

A.E. Osworth February 25, 2017 7 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s on Your) Tube: Ten Entire Lesbian and Bisexual Women Canoodled on TV This Week

Arizona and Minnick finally made out, Sara smooched Guinevere in Camelot, Eleanor and Max had a heart-to-heart, and who even knows what the heck happened on How to Get Away With Murder’s season three finale.

Heather Hogan February 24, 2017 28 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Show Me Your Photos

Post the 16th photo in your phone to the comments, whatever it is. You know, if you want to.

Laura Mandanas February 24, 2017 247 Comments
TV Show Recaps

The Good Fight Episode 102 Recap: The Other Shoes Drop

Two episodes in a row of Maia and Amy canoodling in bed, heeeeeeey!

Dorothy Snarker February 24, 2017 29 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards are Glove Lunching

Mike Pence is scared of kittens – pass it on.

Darcy February 24, 2017 7 Comments
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Black Queer Music History, Pt. 4 (1990s-Present)

Black queer musicians today are some of our strongest advocates, and they’re leading the revolution with singing and dancing.

Ari February 24, 2017 8 Comments
Relationships

39 Truly Innovative Ways You Described Your Relationship Status On The Autostraddle Reader Survey

“Desperately pining for the cute queer Hot Topic employee who complimented my yellow doc martens the other day”

Riese February 23, 2017 104 Comments
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