Seeing as the modern police force is an evolution of slave catchers, for a film trying to make a point about how the horrors of the past still exist in the present — it comes across as both ahistorical and like a serious misstep.

The 2010s was an incredibly gay decade in music. Queer and trans musicians gained more visibility and success than ever before over the last 10 years! Here are the best 50 albums of the decade, according to me.

The line from Elizabeth Taylor to Chappell Roan’s iconic blue eyeshadow is actually pretty direct.

Just a little data, discussion and analysis from the backstage area of the Autostraddle Gay Emmys!

“How many people are in bed with Janelle Monáe?!”

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives…

Feminist films, feminist fonts, and ?. It’s Sunday Funday!

Dating isn’t all sexting and thirst traps. It’s also heartbreak. This week we’re joined by Autostraddle’s Sex and Dating Editor Ro White to discuss break up strategy, when to break up, and the gay tradition of remaining friends afterward.

It’s such a joy to watch people geek out about movies! And so I’ve gathered all the Criterion Closet videos from queer people with some thoughts on their selections.

Gay pop is a dynamic, enormous genre of music that has defined our community’s parties and culture for years. Here are just some of our favorite, most iconic, and exciting gay pop artists.

Which Bachelorette star admitted she’d snagged a bachelorette of her own this August?

Rebel Wilson welcomes a daughter; the cuddly calm of Sapphic Pop; Janelle Monáe’s suitcase is full of costumes; and more!

“…To get some bread…for toast.”

Also: Janelle Monáe’s virtual reality concert experience, a Dickinson season two trailer, Demi Lovato reveals the exact moment she knew she was queer, some photos of Viola Davis working out just because, and more!

Jen Richards and Rebekah Cheyne are engaged! Also, Sara Ramirez basically said “suns out buns out,” Janet Mock and Janelle Monae simply refuse to remove their feet from my neck!

How Janelle Monáe built a character we don’t often see on TV, the history of The Baby-Sitter’s Club Phone, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Gemma Arterton are girlfriends in Summerland, and more!

Honey, these glorious embodiments of black femme magic are about to sweep you off your feet.

“If Erin Sullivan has taught me anything, it’s that someone will try to use a bath bomb as a dildo.”

There’s something about closing out another long, hard year by being your very best gay self.

Even more news about Janelle Monáe, Michelle Wolf came for Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Disney is celebrating Pride with rainbow ears, Jen Richards is headed to HBO and more!