My acceptance of my own pain allows me to have the kind of sex that is rooted in the specificity of my body. I don’t love the idea that I’ll never fist, but I do love the idea that every act of sex I engage with is collaborative. Queerness reminds me that there is no standard way to fuck or live.

It will make you laugh and swoon, I promise. (There’s a surprise therapist I won’t spoil for you, but you’ll love that too.)

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

Horror has always been my favorite genre. I’m a very anxious person and something about having that anxiety externalized in a way that’s fun or cathartic has always really appealed to me. I like roller coasters too. How often is our fear so wonderfully contained?

Ahhh, the meditative experience of getting incredibly focused on a jigsaw puzzle!

“My purse is always full of sewing supplies and cheese snacks.”

“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…”

I can confirm that no matter what you’re looking for — YA, non-fiction, memoir, romance, literary fiction, comics, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical fiction, poetry — there are queer and feminist books on this list that you will love!

“If Ventura is a ‘charmingly hip wine mom of a town’ does that make this the Mommi of A-Camps?”

Far Out Cabaret is an interactive night of hilarious gameshows, experimental community experiences, and queer, edgy and provocative performances that push against the status quo. Join us for unforgettable online shenanigans Friday, April 24 – all from the comfort of your own home!

Join Valerie, Drew, and Carmen as they geek out about Ryan Murphy’s Netflix adaptation of The Prom.

If love is going to exist — which, ugh, I guess it does — then it’s going to exist within the messiness of our lives. It’s going to exist alongside our families and our cultures and our hopes and our fears. It’s going to be hard and it’s going to take risk.

The reason we’ve made it this far is because of you, and if we’re going to stick around — that will also be because of you.

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.

Lately I’ve been joking that I am everyone’s lesbian aunt (or grandfather, depending on whether or not I am offering encouragement or once again scolding half of our team for not having flashlights in their apartments!). And so I thought, what if I just embraced that vibe and put it to work.

LeVar Burton is bringing back Reading Rainbow when we need it most, remembering lesbian singer Lesley Gore and the anthem that powered “The First Wives Club,” and friends don’t let friends cross picket lines.

Dating in quarantine, orgies in isolation, everyone is hornier in the spring. (Usually.)

Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna know all about.

One thing that does unite every show on this list is that each of them came into my life at the exact right time and also all influence my own writing in some way.

The finale of Wynonna Earp’s fourth (and likely final) season is a love letter to the fans by way of a big gay wedding.