“Imagine if I was dating Desiree Akhavan, and I was like, “You know what I’m going to do? Steal my ex from Rosie O’Donnell.” No! How thrilling! My ex is with Rosie O’Donnell and we get to all hang out and I’m dating Desiree Akhavan? That’d be amazing.”

It’s modern gay lore that if you were once a star on the Disney Channel, you’re gay now. And for this National Coming Out Day, we wanted to know the truth.

Are you making it out of the haunted cabin alive? Probably not! But let’s find out what archetype you embody along the way.

“Sepideh Moafi’s tongue is acting. Her tongue has more compelling storylines this season than many of the core characters, I would argue.”

SO MANY THINGS ON THE TEEVEE FOR YOU GAYS: Jackie Warner’s new show Thintervention, Real L Word cast promises sexy episode but not a second season (yet), Ellen quits Idol, the mainstream press says Sara Gilbert came out yesterday, which is 8 years off.

Lil Nas X covers Jolene and you will probably cry, Gabrielle Union on taking Zaya Wade to her first Pride, and the Top 25 Greatest WNBA players in history.

Are you a Finley, Sophie, Dani, Angie, Carrie, Micah, Tess, Gigi, Tom, Pippa or Maribel? Take this L Word Generation Q quiz and find out!

New trailers for Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow, a live-action She-Ra coming to Amazon, and more Emmy pics!

“I’ve been very precious about getting my hair wet but I would get my hair wet to kiss Gigi in the rain.”

From frustrating job searches, to toxic leadership, from vaccine mandates to extreme nonprofit overwork, from coming out to a coworker to finding ways to actually enjoying downtime — the Autostraddle team addresses your questions about getting by in the workplace, being queer in your career, and making it through the day while surviving capitalism.

This fall we’ve got terrifying queer horror, swoony lesbian romance, cute sapphic YA, intriguing lit fic, monstrous women in fantasy and sci fi, new feminist history books, and much more!

Everybody is either having sex or embarrassing themselves or both!

I’ve never grown out of my love for cartoons, and it’s a good thing because I firmly believe some of the best LGBTQ+ storytelling to ever grace our teevees has happened in animated series.

“As a person of Midwestern experience, I can say that a Lake House is supposed to be on a lake.”

“Siri, can you please lock me out of Twitter?”

“I’m experiencing a debilitating bout of professional jealousy for another (deserving) woman, and I’m having a hard time with it. I wonder if there are any books that focus on this regrettable phenomenon?”

Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch.

Britney Spears’ father steps down from conservatorship, inside the high stakes world of WhatsApp mango importing, the rise of the Instagram novel, and seriously you should be putting sunscreen on your tattoo.

More zany stuff went down at San Diego Comic-Con 2010 than you can shake a stick at, but we’ll try to shake a stick anyway. Check out the new Scott Pilgrim movie, a queer comics panel, a Whedonite tidbit and (most importantly) our own Brandy Howard in an inexplicable chicken superhero costume!

I don’t often say much just as myself, outside of these drawings, but I want to express my appreciation for all of the support and love I have received over the past five years. I am eternally grateful to every single person I have met and interacted with along the way.