“Autostraddle commenters! Autostraddle readers! THE PERSON LOOKING AT THIS RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY. Y’all are our lifeblood, and I love each and every one of you.”

You have no idea how long it took me to figure out that this was the only definitive takeaway from this particular data analysis.

I hope somebody brought mashed potatoes! Welcome to your Thanksgiving / Not-Thanksgiving-If-You-Don’t-Live-in-the-US Feelings Atrium!

We’ve got 60 Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Netflix Original TV shows streaming right now on the very internet you’re reading!

Annika with her cabin at A-Camp 1.0

A-Camp October 2013 via You Look Wonderful Tonight

Read these f*cking books.

From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television, 1961-1977.

While it’s important to acknowledge famous names like Christine Jorgensen and Lili Elbe, it’s also important to talk about other trans women who might be less well-known, but have had their own big impact on trans history.

This post is 25% Mey Rude Appreciation Club and 75% “personal essays by trans women oh my gosh how do I pick only 16.” (I picked 17.)

This is me at camp after my finger knitting class with campers- I made this in under an hour but it was a real crowd favorite!

A rundown of everything that happened at the University of Missouri and the #ConcernedStudent1950 movement, the Mississippi Supreme Court issues its first gay divorce, the Nebraska Health and Human Services will list the names of same-sex spouses on birth certificates and more news!

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Whether you’re partnered or solo, polyamorous or monogamous, navigating all kinds of intimacy or longing for one meaningful connection, these ‘scopes are here to shine a light on how your heart can grow in this moment.

Three films with lesbian/bisexual actors and/or characters were announced within the last 24 hours: Hannah Hart’s “Dirty Thirty,” Kristen Stewart and Chloe Sevigny’s Lizzie Borden movie and Michelle Rodriguez in one of the worst ideas for a movie, ever.

“When did I become so silly! Look at me, riding horses and driving backwards on the highway! Who knew girls were so much like drugs or like aerial gymnastics?”

Remember children, these movies are imaginary, but the horror is real.

We watched seven films screening at NewFest this weekend to see which ones — if any — had a happy ending.

“But for change to happen, for the community I want to grow, someone has to stay. Someone has to wear the flannel not just because of its function.”

“I woke up to 57,000 emails reminding a user to resubscribe”