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5 down / 4 letters / clue: "Can a gay girl get an ___?" (Renée Rapp lyric from "Not My Fault")
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is in a Tizzy

During my calculus test, I was sitting between identical twins.

Darby Ratliff March 29, 2024 1 Comment
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First Person

Every Life on This Page All at Once

I’m burdened by unlived lives, hovering within my dreams, just behind my pupils.

Em Win March 28, 2024 1 Comment
two queer people holding babies
Queer Pregnancy Sponsored

You’re Queer, You Want to Be a Parent, Now What? Meet PregnantTogether

PregnantTogether is the queer family building community you’ve been waiting for.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 28, 2024 6 Comments
TV Lists

12 Pretty Good Lesbian Shows We’re Pretty Sure You Haven’t Seen Yet

There’s so much great sapphic television across many genres right now that sometimes things slip through the cracks.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 28, 2024 8 Comments
Cheating Is Not Abuse: Bette and Candace almost kiss in close up from season one of The L Word
Relationships

Cheating Is Not Abuse

Consensual sex between adults should never be treated as a crime. It might be a horrible betrayal; it’s still not abuse.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 28, 2024 32 Comments
Xena and Gabrielle
First Person

I’m Watching Xena: Warrior Princess for the First Time, and My Wife Is What Makes It Special

I love getting to see this show through her eyes; I don’t think I’d enjoy it half as much if I was watching it on my own without her as a guide.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 28, 2024 11 Comments
top chef season 21: a collage of three Kristen Kish photos with blue fire background
TV Reviews

New ‘Top Chef’ Season 21 Host Kristen Kish Has Us Hungry AND Thirsty

There’s something about the way she looks into the camera, both smirking and glaring at the same time, that makes me want to watch Top Chef until the end of time … but also turn off the TV immediately because it is TEW MUCH.

Nic March 28, 2024
The covers of Hijab Butch Blues, Big Swiss, and All Night Pharmacy against a grey textured background
Book Lists

Let’s Celebrate Gay Books! Congrats to the 2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalists!

Here are all the Lambda Literary Award finalists that Autostraddle wrote about this year.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 27, 2024 1 Comment
Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in "A Simple Favor."
Movie News & Trailers

Baby, Please!! ‘A Simple Favor 2’ Confirmed to Start Filming With Blake Lively, Anna Kendrick Returning

I have excellent news for any gay person reading this who still gets a shiver when Blake Lively calls you “baby” — the “A Simple Favor” sequel is OFFICIALLY HAPPENING!

Carmen Phillips March 27, 2024 2 Comments
Fletcher at the mic, surrounded by bras
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Fletcher Has Been Signing a Lot of Boobs on Tour

Fletcher talks latest album, tour, and chaos; Reneé Rapp doesn’t want you to forget she’s a LESBIAN; the cult classic D.E.B.S. turns 20, and more sapphic pop culture treats!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 27, 2024 4 Comments
A collage of 16 players in the Autostraddle March Madness tournament, these are all theater/art/music students (known collectively as "the thesbians")
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: “The Kids Are Alright” Round One — Thesbians

Santana Lopez and Brittany S. Pierce, Everything Sucks’ Kate and Emaline, All American’s Coop, and Heartstopper’s Elle to name a few. This round features some of the most celebrated queer characters on television, and they need your vote!

Natalie March 27, 2024 6 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Let’s Go Day Drinking With Kristen Stewart (and Seth Meyers, I Guess)

Kristen Stewart takes shots, does a costume change, gives Seth a lesbian makeover, and declares herself a lesbian icon.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 27, 2024 5 Comments
Towa Bird in a sweater vest
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: According to Towa Bird, It’s the Year of the Sapphic Sweater Vest

Also, Kate Moennig is in gardening queer mode and more queer IG moments.

Christina Tucker March 27, 2024
bodybuilders and Jackie in Love Lies Bleeding
Movie Features Sports

‘Love Lies Bleeding’ and the History of Female Bodybuilding Reveal Society’s Fear of ‘Monstrous’ Women

In Love Lies Bleeding, the two main female characters exist outside of the dominant cultural ideas of what makes a woman and what makes a man, not just in their bodies and in their actions, but also in their queerness.

Stef Rubino March 27, 2024 6 Comments
wine glasses clinking
Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Wines That Go Beyond Grapes

I was taught that wine is fermented grape juice, but that’s way too narrow in my opinion! In fact, some of the most exciting things in the wine world are happening on the fringes of that definition.

ashni March 27, 2024
8 across / 3 letters / clue: Beading or leatherworking tool
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Apologizes to Cameron Diaz for the Omission

What did one monocle say to the other monocle?

Kate Hawkins March 27, 2024 2 Comments
Movie Reviews

‘Rent’ (The Film) Is Best Performed Live (By You)

Rent will never be a perfect movie. And it never needs to be. Because Rent is best enjoyed singing it loudly at the top of your lungs, dancing until you break a sweat, and the collapsing exhausted against your couch with your best friends.

Carmen Phillips March 26, 2024 6 Comments
LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project: Side by side images shot by Richard Avedon of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company out of costume and in costume
Theater

The LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project Aims to Preserve the Unpreservable

“Archiving performance is a theoretical notion. How can you archive something ephemeral that happened in the past?”

Drew Burnett Gregory March 26, 2024
Anjali Chakra and Sufi Malik with their faces scratched out and kissing lips around them
First Person

I Want My Queer Representation To Be Messy — Even When it Comes to Real People

To believe in love means to believe in its failures and missteps, too.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 26, 2024 2 Comments
Marsha Warfield collaged as Roz in Night Court, both from the 1980s and in 2024 for the show's reboot.
TV Feature

Marsha Warfield Takes Her Place in the Parthenon of Black Queer Women on Television

“When you’re standing on the mountain, and been climbing it as long as I have, you can look back and say, ‘no baby, we’ve come a long way.'” I had the pleasure of talking to Ms. Warfield ahead of her triumphant return as Roz in tonight’s Night Court season finale.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 26, 2024 1 Comment
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