Black Lesbian Shanique Sanders Killed in Pittsburgh
Shanique Sanders, a 23-year-old black lesbian, is the latest QTPOC victim of gun violence in Pittsburgh.
The Comment Awards Has a Dumpster Tree
This week we’ve got vegetable puns, cults, the new gay agenda and so much more!
Kristen Stewart Brakes For Zebras In Rolling Stones’ New Video for “Ride ‘Em On Down”
Would you like to watch Kristen Stewart drive a muscle car irresponsibly while licking a blue lollipop? Today’s your lucky day, bucko.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Magical Thinking
Let’s talk about happy things because honestly I can’t take any more of this shitpile year.
Things I Read That I Love #216: More Fun Than The Law Allows
Topics include Double Dare, The Enchanted Tiki Room, Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest, coming out late in life, Legos and more!
How to Make People With December Birthdays Feel Special
If you’ve got a non-December birthday, then listen up — you’ve got it made! Your birthday is not eclipsed by holiday cheer, capitalism, Santa and Jesus. So why don’t you help make our neglected birthday special?
RonCo Inventions, Ranked
“I’d actually use this, maybe even daily, but I’d absolutely hate knowing it existed somewhere in my kitchen. It’d be like the broom in the closet, but for your cabinets. Like you need it, but it’s always in the way and there’s really no way to conceal it.”
Anna-Marie McLemore’s “When the Moon Was Ours” Is a Testament to QPOC Life and Love
“When the Moon Was Ours not only touches on qpoc life and gender roles and social constructs, but it beautifully and brutally explores what it means to be a queer teen of color in a world constantly rejecting and defining who you should be.”
Northern Ireland Is Proof of How F*cked Abortion Access in the UK Really Is
“In the United Kingdom abortion is free on the NHS and available up to twenty four weeks — which is around when people stop listening and fail to notice the small print.”
5 Newsletters to Help You Take Action Against Trump Today and Every Day
Get digestible action items against Trump and for your fellow citizens in your inbox each day to make it a little easier to work for justice.
Follow Your Arrow: How LGBTQ Youth Activist Tabby Besley Built a Sustainable Non-Profit
“Why do I do this? Because it needs to be done. Our schools and communities need to be safer for our young people, we are losing too many of them. I’m not going to sit and wait with naivety that our government or schools are going to lead that.”
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for December 2016
“What a strange way to end the year. How strange to talk of personal love, right now, as though we can separate it out from love for everyone who is suffering and endangered. But queer love can and must encompass that—what are we here for if not to create new ways of loving, new communities of care, and a world with less repression and hatred?”
“Gilmore Girls” Doubles Down On Its Heteronormativity By Turning It Into a Joke
The show’s meta-commentary may have been funny, but it’s ultimately pointless.
Queerly Represent Me Is the LGBTQ Video Game Database You’ve Been Looking For
The Queerly Represent Me database is a great resource for those times when you just want to play a game that confirms people like us are here and we’re real.
Holigay Gift Guide: What to Buy for Your Work-from-Home Pal
Even the most organized freelancers could probably stand to be a little more organized.
Poly Pocket: When Family and Friends Just Don’t Get It
“Family and friends tend to recognize her and her boyfriend and pretend that I don’t exist, mostly because they have been together longer and queer relationships are not respected or recognized.”
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 29, November 2016
“When I send my Macbook out to sea, do you think I should say “Go with God, Crispy” like Maggie Smith does in “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” or “Boom, Mr. Longbottom!” like Maggie Smith does in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″?”
Trump Won, So I Finally Got Out of Bed
When the election results came in, it had already been a month since I gave up on trying to fix my own mental health issues. And so it turned out that the worst day of our generation collided with my own personal low.
Come Gather, All Ye Gentlequeers: It’s Autostraddle Holigay Meet-Up Season!
I am determined to find joy and then somehow figure out how to make it contagious in an attempt to heal the world! I’m also here to enlist you in said mission by encouraging you all to get into the spirit and host some holigay meet-ups!
Pop Culture Fix: America’s Next Top Model Reboot Has At Least Two Hot Queer Girls, So We’re In
Meet Kyle McCoy and Cody Lee, two girls who like girls who also dream of becoming America’s Next Top Model. Also: Family Guy really might do this Meg Is a Lesbian thing, scissoring in lesbian movies, Young M.A., Dolly Parton, Cameron Esposito and so much more!