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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

Apr 27, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

1 Hours

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Graphic of our most popular posts if the year: L Word recaps, horror trope quiz, basketball romance, masturbation image, he-man, Tig Notaro, March Madness and Olympics

straddleverse

The 30 Most Popular Autostraddle Posts Of 2021

Believe it or not, there are a lot of quizzes and a lot of gay sports and a lot L Word Generation Q Content on our list of the most…

Riese

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Dec 23, 2021

Miranda and Dr. Nya Wallace wait for their table on their dinner date

tv show recaps

And Just Like That… Sex and the City Realizes People of Color Exist

YIKES.

Heather Hogan

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Dec 23, 2021

A man in a santa suit holds up a rainbow flag in one hand and a balled fist of triumph with a rainbow bracelet in the other

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Santa Really Said 🗣 Stonewall Was a Riot, Never Be Quiet

When Santas stormed Macy’s at the height of the AIDS crisis, the cure for holiday blues, the best sapphic bops of the year (including a playlist!), and congratulations to Gabrielle…

Carmen Phillips

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Dec 23, 2021

Black woman with large gold hoop earrings and natural hair closes her eyes as though she is making a wish on the christmas lights she is holding in her hand,

first person

In Remembrance of My Queer Nigerian Christmas

That Christmas with queer family reminded me that multiple possibilities exist even in the darkest of places.

Mariam Sule

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Dec 23, 2021

feature image with pictures from several of the best tv shows of 2021

tv lists

The Best TV Shows of 2021 With LGBTQ Women and Non-Binary Characters

Our TV Team has voted and these are our picks for the Best TV Shows of 2021 with lesbian, bisexual, queer and/or trans characters.

Riese and The TV Team

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Dec 23, 2021

Buffy and Giles are standing in a library both looking directly into the camera and the image is sepia tones

tv feature

There’s Something About Bookish Men I Can Step On

Let’s just {redacted} on top of a pile of demonology books?

Nico

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Dec 23, 2021

A collage featuring a stack of chocolate chip cookies, a stack of books, sourdough starter next to a loaf of sourdough, and a pile of clothes

holigays

Free, Last Minute Gifts You Can Find in Your Home Because You’re Poor, the Supply Chain Is Broken and Capitalism Will Inevitably Crumble

Need last minute gifts? You probably have stuff you can give away without making a dent in your bank account.

Ro White

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Dec 22, 2021

Colored envelopes fly in the air while the words "love letters to trans people" are in the foreground.

community

Love Letters to Trans People: Part 3

If what greets you this holiday is loneliness, understand that you haven’t been left with nothing. You have been left with yourself, and that is a whole lot more than…

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Dec 22, 2021