A relatable icon for adult dating is Real Women Have Curves’ Ana García bringing index cards of conversation topics to her first date.

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.

The main problem with Harry is that she’s just not around enough to make up for everyone else’s assholery.

Shauna and Taissa connect in the past and present, Ben comes out to Nat, and the girlies do some casual surgery in the woods. It’s time for another “Yellowjackets” rollercoaster!

The Gossip Girl reboot, new seasons of Atypical, This Way Up and Never Have I Ever, a three-part horror trilogy full of ’90s nostalgia with a lesbian couple at its center and more!

I was hustling to make life work as a freelance writer and graphic designer and workshop presenter (and, like, food delivery person and countless other gigs) in an increasingly treacherous digital media landscape.

This week we’re talking about the political strife in Haiti, the US’s messy exit from Afghanistan, the development of new COVID variants, your bimonthly legislatively institutionalized moral panic report — and the attacks on citizens’ rights plus the attempts to hold them at bay that are rocking Texas legislative chambers.

I do wonder if it was all a bit too gay too soon for JoJo to win. It’s pretty incredible that despite knowing how many people would be up in arms about a same-sex pairing, no-one on the show ever shied away from foregrounding it at every given opportunity, which is a win in itself.

It’s time for long drives, short cries, thwarted dates and exes who aren’t quite ready to say goodbye!

Plus updates on Legacies, Nancy Drew, Hightown, All American, New Amsterdam, A Million Little Things, and more!

“I just learned the word “Swiftgron”!!!! ?! Taylor Swift + Diana Agron as a maybe couple at some point ??!”

Drag Race returns with the game that taught a generation of gays about Grey Gardens. That’s right, it’s Snatch Game.

Sophie smashing women into walls in a sexy way! The one and only Renee Montoya! And the look Ryan gives her gal pal! We’re back, Bat-fam!

“My girlfriend has been calling me the Christmas Switch for a year now.”

The Autostraddle team answers questions that range from dealing with fears around being single, drug use, being vulnerable with others, and everyone’s favorite anxiety-inducing chore — going to the doctor.

Cinema has been in decline post-Mean Girls.

‘”I thought if we could maybe get it into the top 40 on some Christian charts, then people who need it might find it and find comfort in it,” they said. “For anyone who has felt ostracized in the name of God, I was hopeful that I could share my story so they know they’re not alone. I felt so alone for a long time. I hope other people might find a bit of companionship.”

As we come to the close of another pandemic year, I can only describe the collective energy as exhausted. Aren’t we all just a little tired of character-building growth opportunities at this point?

The weather is getting warmer and the LGBTQ+ books are only getting hotter! Queer book lovers, get ready we have all your spring blanket reading needs covered.

I watched all 42 Kristen Stewart movies and lived to tell the tale: from tiny tomboy robbing a bank to Princess Diana driving a car, here’s how good (and often pretty bad) they are.