Top 10 Best Ghosts of 2016
7. The Ghost of Hope for the Future of America
17 Incredible Indie Online Shops for One-of-a-Kind Gifts to One-of-a-Kind People
Want to support diverse indie creators and makers this holiday season (and all year round)? Great, we’ve got you covered.
The 100 Most Lesbianish First Names, Ranked By Lesbianism
If your name is Alyssa, Nancy, or Kai… I have news for you. That news is that you are gay.
Liquor In The Tough Times: The Fortitude Martini
The performance of luxury is more important to me than ever. Plus you can channel your anger into rimming a glass.
Poly Pocket: Polyamorous In A Monogamous Relationship
Here’s how a 32-year-old Japanese American queer polyamorous Southern Californian does polyamory within functional monogamy.
Holigay Gift Guide: Boobs! Flaunt ‘Em Cause You Got Em! And Also Butts!
So everyone can celebrate whatever myriad ways boobs are present in their lives this holiday season.
Pop Culture Fix: Girls Like Girls Like Dyke Drama on ANTM, Too, Nothing New (And Other Stories)
Topics include Kyle McCoy and the lack of plus-size models on America’s Next Top Model, the Golden Globes, Hayley Kiyoko finding her voice and lovin’ ladies, a webseries featuring a “a strong-ass gay girl,” Embracing The Ironic Performance of Misandry and like a billion other things that’ll just really ice your cake.
Everyone is Gay’s New Care Package Puts the Ho Ho Homo Back in the Holidays
It’s like cookies and cocoa with your coolest queer friend, but free and available for download right now.
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.