Almost every category in this 2022 best of list was very competitive.

REI brought some extra joy to our writers’ lives by opening up their catalog and letting us choose gifts to give each other!

In honor of Bottoms, here are top queer cheerleader moments from film/TV.

Fall TV is back, baby! We’ve got updates on Monarch, House of the Dragon, Vampire Academy, New Amsterdam, Queen Sugar, and more!

I played Charades with my family on Christmas Day and none of them had heard of Portrait of a Lady on Fire!

Drew and Kayla discuss why they love the sequels, the first times they watched these movies, and the fact that Reloaded is the horniest Matrix installment.

Welcome back to Jesus Camp! Let’s get gay!

I did nothing “productive” for a whole day: no email, no phone calls, no work, no cleaning, nothing that fuels my inherent Capricorn desire to win at Capitalism. Here’s what happened.

The transcript for the June Autostraddle Town Hall is now available!

Plus an episode of Top Chef that will leave you ugly crying (we mean it!), updates on New Amsterdam, Legacies, and the very first OutFronts from OutFest.

Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!

Good first date movies for lesbians haven’t always been easy to come by, what with all the death and dismemberment—but now there are dozens! Dozens!

“It took me a very long time to come to terms with what I felt for girls. Not because of my own religion, but because of the religion and judgment of others, and because growing up in such a small town greatly limits what you see as viable options for yourself.”

“kayla and laneia stumped me because of the long flowy mommi lounging situations in both photos, and then i got them mixed up because kayla put a set of four mini cocottes on her list, and i honestly just assumed she already owned those and laneia’s been tweeting about making dessert.”

I don’t usually insist that you watch the TV shows I write about — but queer nerds, I am truly going to have to press you to give this one a go.

Maybe, she finds herself thinking, there could be space for joy in this new life. Maybe, she dreams, as she finishes the last page and immediately starts the book over again, this is not so hopeless after all.

“P.S. I’d hoped the picture I submitted would be with my neighborhood turkey that I’ve enjoyed searching for on my daily walk…”

Jane Lynch gets hitched to her girlfriend Lara Embry in Massachusetts, Jodie Foster has advice for Kristen Stewart, Kelly Clarkson covers Tracy Chapman, The Real L Word cast does the NOH8 Campaign, Pink performs “Whataya Want From Me”, why you need a Ph.D in Gaga, and more!

Let’s make Marsha P. Johnson’s birthday a national holiday, lesbians taking photos of other lesbians on-screen, a camp that makes life easier for trans and non-binary kids, Missy Elliott’s first album in 14 years, and more!

“to be extremely fair i’d let bette porter run me over with a honda”