What is a femme bird’s favorite activity? Pecking the white supremacist capitalist cisheteropatriarchy to death and then ripping it to shreds.

Alice comes out in a major way, Joey is changing their pronouns, and Jamal Thompon’s case is finally decided.

Carly: I feel like if I confusedly kissed Jennifer Beals, I would also have to move away.
Christina: I would have to join WITSEC. I would be like, “Listen, get me on a USA cable drama because I got to go. I’m losing it.”
Carly: “I got to go. Give me a wacky sidekick, we can go fight crime together, or whatever. Maybe we’re lawyers. We’re going to wear suits and my name is not Carly anymore.”
Christina: “I can’t be Christina anymore because my mouth has been on Jennifer Beals’ mouth.”

Riese: And then she explains that they have different core values.
Carly: Then Jodi says, “What are my core values?” And Bette says, “It doesn’t matter. It’s not a judgment.” What? What?
Riese: I want Bette to be like, “I see the beauty in things.”
Carly: And what do you see, Jodi? Also the beauty in things? Oh.
Riese: And Jodi’s like, “I’m wearing your exact outfit. Obviously, I also see the beauty in things.”

Olivia Wilde is a bisexual sex worker in this political satire that also stars a pint sized Yara Shahidi! And they sculpt artwork out of butter? For some reason? I have your weekend Netflix plans all set.

According to the Victory Institute, there are 843 LGBTQ+ elected officials nationwide. But there’s so much more to us than just the numbers. Here’s your 2020 Voting Guide with every LGBTQ woman and non-binary person running for federal offices or seats in state legislatures, plus the statewide ballot measures we don’t want you to miss!

Get in here and get the goods on Kristin’s revamped series! (Get it? Vamped? Like Buffy the Vampi—oh, just get in here.)

Callie learns another secret she’s gotta keep, Mariana learns another hard lesson about being a young Latina in a dudebro industry, and Alice learns she’s got to re-learn how to say no.

Autostraddle’s editors are eager to continue to learn from our mistakes and keep striving to make Autostraddle a space where everyone under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella feels seen, heard, represented, and safe.

Plus: Queen Sugar has a “perfect man” problem, and Maggie’s best ever episode of Younger.

“Broken Arted” succeeds where other episodes of Good Trouble have faltered. It turns two of the show’s occasional weaknesses — the non-linear, overstuffed storytelling — into its strength and produces the best episode to date.

Grace Choi finally gets the backstory we’ve been waiting on for TWO YEARS. Trust me, you’re going to want a box of tissues for this one.

Things don’t go as planned when Stef and Lena visit their adult daughters for the first time — but they go exactly how Callie and Mariana need them to.

Callie and Mariana get a surprise visit from Judicorn!

“Play to everyone’s culinary strengths, know your nemeses, and make sure all your guests are familiar with poison-free alternatives to food with poison in them.”

This week’s Good Trouble is a little over-stuffed, but we’re finally getting to the heart of Alice’s issues.

Your childhood favorites are coming back with a ten-episode direct-to-series order from Netflix. And listen, if at least one of these girls isn’t gay in 2019, I’m hurling myself into the sun.

Spark joy, motherf*ckers!

“Gay cheerleader of the cosmos, guess I found my desired position for future job applications.”

What a time to be a working actor in Vancouver!