Our Lives By the Numbers: How Data Is Used to Track LGBT Social Progress
In the past week, two standout reports have been released: Unerased by Mic, and the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey by the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Brittani Nichols Likes You And She’s Proving It With Her New EP
Brittani Nichols Likes You is the thing about Brittani Nichols. It’s sexy and it’s funny and it’s real and it’s raw and it’s further proof that she can do anything she wants to do.
Autostraddle Holiday Merch: New Stuff, Thrilling Markdowns, Queer Wrapping Paper, Get It Now!
We’ve got huge markdowns on classic merch, so much new merch, AND you can get three rolls of Queer Wrapping Paper for $1 each with ANY PURCHASE in the store. Order by Friday to get your merch in time for the holidays!
Oh Hey! It’s Alyssa #11: Talking To Kids
Homo/transphobic society asks the same overdramatic question as ableist society.
BREAKING: Kristen Stewart Spotted Walking Next To Stella Maxwell, Ring The Alarm
Whenever famous women are seen walking next to each other, it means they are dating. I don’t make the rules.
Indian Web Series “The Other Love Story” Gives Queer Women A Happy Ending
“The Other Love Story was such a breath of fresh air in many ways. Aadya and Aachal felt like any other regular person: they were not coded Butch or Femme, like too many of these stories tend to do, and neither were overly Westernized nor overly exotified. They just were.”
No Filter: Danielle Brooks Remains Optimistic
Also, Kaki King met a feminist icon, Cara Delevingne went to Santa Con and Gabby Rivera busted out the holiday sweaters.
Bottoms Up: Holistic Masochism
“Holistic masochism recognizes that I’m not just a sex machine, but a whole person who has to exist before and after play.”
Relevant To Your Interests: The Twelve Days of Nerdsmas
Here are the twelve nerdiest Christmas ornaments I can find.
From Russia With Lies: Electors, Senators and the CIA Say We Need Answers on Russia’s Election Involvement
The CIA has released a report saying that Russia attempted to influence the US election in Trump’s favor — here’s what senators and the electoral college are doing in response.
Monstering Magazine Turns Our Pain as Disabled Women and Nonbinary People Into Power
Monstering is the first ever magazine for disabled women and nonbinary people — and if that’s you, they want to see your work!
Jael From America’s Next Top Model Is Sober, Reflective, Also A Lesbian Apparently
ANTM contestants Jael Strauss and Renee Alway have been in the closet all this time, says Jael.
Drawn to Comics: Queer and Trans Women and Nonbinary Creators To Support This Holigay Season
I do this list every year around this time, but this year it might be more important than ever. With the election of Trump and Pence and a Republican Congress, LGBTQ people and women are targets in a way we haven’t been for a while, and we’ve been a pretty big target for a long time.
PLAYLIST: 30 Covers of The Greatest Christmas Song Ever
You already know what this is gonna be, don’t you?
20 Foods to Gift This Holiday Season
People would love to thank you for these delicious gifts but their mouths are full right now, sorry.
Gaby Dunn And Allison Raskin Star In Satchmode’s Extremely Gay New Video For “Happiness Pt. 1”
If you’re into Very Famous Millennials and angsty lesbian drama (and you are, or else you wouldn’t be on this website), today is the day you’ve been waiting for.
Helping You Help Yourself 40
Winterizing your car, standing up to bigotry, craft beer pairings, IKEA furniture and more!
When Death Makes You Kind: Beyond Survival In Gwen Benaway’s “Passage”
“In the words of Notting Hill, “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” Or more realistically, I’m just a girl, standing in front of KFC, praying that it’s open.”
8 Disabled Women Who Are Changing the World Through Politics
We need intersectional critical thinkers to flood the political landscape and help win the war on facts. And with the most blatantly ableist President in modern history knocking on the door of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, disabled folks have got to lead that charge.
Sunday Funday is Getting Gay Married at the Last Minute For This Strange New World
Vendors who want you to get married more than they want to make money, making trans history at the Oscars, and more good news from around the world!