Plus, let’s get real that plastic recycling does not work and putting your phone on “do not disturb” is 2023’s whole vibe.

Queen Latifah and Whitney Houston in 2003! Lily Tomlin and Jodi Foster in 1996! Niecy Nash and Wanda Sykes in 2005!

Attractive queer humans put on sparkly clothes and so, in the tradition of our people, I’m here to ask them to step on my neck.

Happy Sunday! We’ve got new music from Young M.A and Lady Gaga, new TV shows starring Janelle Monáe and old ones getting revived like “Tuca & Bertie”, and a reminder that lesbians will never give up our denim vests! Get in here for good news!

It’s a video extravaganza with new videos from Rihanna, Josh Ritter, Big Boi, Vampire Weekend, Lil’ Wayne, and Kylie Minogue. Also, Janelle Monae progress report and free mix tapes from Major Lazer and La Roux, and new music from Arcade Fire, M.I.A., and Kanye West.

“No cops at Pride, just a group of queers eating through these thousands of cookies that I brought from home.”

As a queer person, it’s a relief to watch work like this. It gives us permission to just be free, to just be queer, to just be ourselves. That’s what great queer cinema can accomplish.

Plus: A trailer for The Bold Type’s third season, someone finally said “I’m gay” on the Disney Channel, Sandra Oh has some thoughts on Villanelle and Eve’s post-stabbing relationship, Lady Gaga and Janelle Monáe have a mutual love, and more!

It’s been a wild year for gay pop culture, and a great year for some very well dressed queers — enjoy it with this very subjective but deeply felt top 11 of 2018, as based on an internal Autostraddle staff survey. 

“You know how to make a point like no other laneia, and it is literally a joy every time”

Here’s to the lesbian, bisexual, non-binary, queer, trans and free-ass-motherfucker celebrities who opened the closet door a little wider when they walked out of it.

In a world guaranteed to make you frown, we’ve curated a list of things guaranteed to make you smile. Including: Brandi Carlile at ACL, Janelle Monae and Tessa Thompson in Lady and the Tramp, a comedy about Emily Dickinson, and intergenerational queer activists! Happy Sunday!

Come for the Lindsay Lohan awkwardly dancing in Mykonos content but stay for the picture of Janelle Monáe biting coyly into an olive.

You’re walking down a city street with your headphones turned all the way up, swaying to the beat, so lost in the rhythms that you forget that you’re on your way to work. That’s summer, in a nutshell: you living your best life, with a great song to accompany it. But that begs the question: what’s the song that’s soundtracking your life in the summer of 20GAYTeen?

Also, Demi Lovato miiiiight be a host and all your faves went to see Janelle Monáe.

“a line of topless queers at the nude beach, but from the back
they’re all different sizes and shapes and abilities and it gives the impression that the entire queer community gets along and loves each other”

Also, we caught Janelle Monáe and Tessa Thompson suspiciously canoodling and Evan Rachel Wood has entered Friendsworld.

Topics include Renting a Family, Easy Rider & Alice’s Restaurant, alcoholism, an imposter!, eating disorders, Brad Renfro, Facebook, Bad TV, Janelle Monae and so much more!

“Can confirm that mixing fake blood for your girlfriend’s Carrie costume is queer culture.”

Also, Janelle Monáe is a feathery dream and Cara Delevingne has a lipstick hangover.