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Most of my old hiking companions from Los Angeles are queer. Now I have Goldie, who takes breaks while we walk, just to jump up and kiss me. She places her paws just over my heart.

Robin & Carly on the night gay marriage got legalized in New York (NYC

The couples (or maybe just VERY CLOSE FRIENDS) who set our hearts aflutter all year long.

Bestselling author of The Incendiaries is out as bisexual, proud, and giving us big feelings about eyeshadow and representation.

Topics include Erotic Photo Hunt, Dorothy Allison, school lunch, alt-right extremists, The Spotted Pig, “People in Trouble,” murder on the Appalachian trail, and so much more!

Some good news and hope to fill your week: Taiwan’s Pride Parade, new queer movies, Raveena celebrating queer brown love, Janelle Monáe, and queer polyamorous foster families!

Which LGBTQ candidates have the best shot at making history in 2018 and, in doing so, help return Nancy Pelosi to the Speakership (however temporarily)?

It’s the end of the world and our girls have to work together to take down a serpent of a man.

Mary Lambert talked to Autostraddle about vulnerability, the impossibility of separating the art from the artist, and her incredible new book of poems.

Our first post from the 12k responses to the Lesbian Stereotypes Survey digs into our propensity for cat ownership, our failure to appreciate how great dogs are, and the definitive answer to the eternal question “which pet is most likely to summon ghosts to your home?”

That’s what friendships with queer and trans Christians have taught me: it is blessed indeed to want more, more of everything, more love and more gender and more faith and more life.

The same people who published the unnecessary and homophobic Nashville Statement last year are at it again, this time with the Statement on Social Justice and the Gospel. Here’s a blackout poem that’ll let you know how Christians who don’t have a skewed understanding of our faith feel about social justice and the gospel.

Thirteen of the queerest films from Kanopy, a database you can access through your local library!

“I’ve identified as a lesbian for three years now, and this identity makes me happy. But… I made out with one of my closest male friends whilst drunk, and then again whilst sober, and we’ve talked about it and decided to pursue a friends with benefits situation. So now I feel guilty, but I feel silly calling myself or thinking about “coming out again” as bi because it really is just this one guy; I’m not into “men,” I’m into women (and some NB people) and him, and that’s it. Am I betraying everyone?”

What types of relationship situations or people are you often drawn to even though you know they’re bad for you and will destroy you?

Sara Ramirez didn’t make an on-screen cameo, but Callie and Arizona’s love for each other was beautifully cemented in a loving and satisfying goodbye.

Plus: Hannah Hart joined Ellen DeGeneres’ digital network, renewals for three lesbian TV shows, Tessa Thompson loves that Tessa As Goats Twitter account, a new Whitney documentary, and more!

“Polyamory and queerness are pretty much inseparable for me in practice.”

“One thing most people don’t remember when approaching these kinds of situations is that the other person is likely terrified and nervous as well, worried about vulnerability and compatibility and wanting something too much.”