Another year around the sun and it’s finally time to stuff our faces then buy a ton of stuff online. Why not check out the Autostraddle Store and get ahead of the gift game?

Today you’re getting our entire team’s spiciest takes about 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and film, something I was only able to convince people to participate in because Nico said we could keep them safely tucked within A+.

A flowchart for reading about abolition, reclaiming summer as a fat brown babe, and is it ever OK for straight actors to play queer roles?

Through Kelvin and Keefe, The Righteous Gemstones created an exhilarating funhouse mirror to the way Christianity operates in our society.

“In recent years, an alarming number of LGBTQ-fronted shows have ended.”

If you’re planning on throwing a messy little gay Halloween party this month or need something to put on your speakers, allow me to present my gay little Halloween playlist. 100 songs curated to make you feel hot and festive.

“When I was eleven, I made my computer password ‘bisexual.’ …Cue to my mom needing it for something!”

And, as always, Carmen’s fits of the week!

A legacy of the Nielsen TV ratings system, sweeps were a couple of weeks a year when TV shows brought out sensational content, like women kissing, to reel in viewers.

This list has queer women testing their physical limits, queer men confronting their toxic masculinity, and even a few cute and sporty gay romances.

“Great day for all of us whose first foray into cosplay was wearing an atrocious tangerine turtleneck for half of second grade and saying jinkies a lot!”

“Please do the sunscreen first, THEN the face paint, or you may end up with tan lines that say BI BI BI on your face! Just for instance!”

The annals of sapphic gossip are deep and full — here’s 16 sapphic couples and love triangles that will bring you back in time or perhaps trigger memories of times gone by.

“I mean, my first AIM screen name was SprtsFreek1224.”

Plus updates on Only Murders in the Building, The Chi, and grown-ish.

Five years in, and this thing just keeps getting more fun! Let’s do it again next year, shall we?

“Damn, I dressed like #5 every day this summer and yet experienced a distinct and disappointing lack of inevitable reunions with former love interests.”

Love remains not a lie here in 2022!

There have only been 46 times — out of 169 characters — when a Black queer character was paired with a Black partner on television. Only six have had multiple Black partners.

“I am a queer person who grew up in and has lived in small communities, small towns, and small cities for my entire life.”