“Is “Puzzle Box” central to Hellraiser?”

In honor of our seventh birthday, a look back on the seven television shows with the biggest impact on the representation of LGBTQ women over the last seven years.

The good, the bad, the ugly, and the revolutionarily boring queer TV storylines of the year.

From Ali Adler to Nahnatchka Khan to Ilene Chaiken to three different women named “Liz,” you might not recognize their faces, but you’ll definitely recognize their work.

There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.

Come with me on a journey into the best of what HBO Max has to offer fans of lesbian, bisexual and queer television.

Every time I return to it, The Handmaid’s Tale offers me something new. In the Hulu series, the “new thing” is “more lesbians.”

“Orange is the New Black” premieres today, here is your really thorough reading list — from Assata Shakur to nuns against nukes to incredible journalism on the various horrors of the U.S. criminal “justice” system.

On the second recamp of A-Camp my true love gave to me one cool pool party, five all-camp photos, one epic RenFair and an extra long staff reeeeadddadinggggggg!

Over 50 promising LGBTQ+ books across every genre are heading your way this month! See our top picks for May 2025.

Is it a coincidence that this list of “women I loved who deserved better” is comprised of women of color — and almost exclusively queer women of color? Given the intertwined histories of sexism, racism, and homophobia in this country, I think not.

We had an incredible time on Wednesday talking to the Generation Q cast about filming sex scenes, L Word origin stories, riding losing winning, falling in love with your best friend and so much more! Plus: a full transcript of the podcast!

Plus updates on: How to Get Away with Murder, Black Lightning, and don’t forget Kristen Stewart’s hosting Saturday Night Live this weekend!

Join Roxane Gay, Be Steadwell, Nia & Ness, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols and 400 LGBTQ women, non-binary people and other trans folks for five days of fun fun fun in Ojai, California!

The phrase “lesbian vampire” might be one of the most titillating combinations of words in the English language.

The only thing better than one extraordinarily accomplished queer woman is two of them, in love!

Here’s how we handle TV that lets us down, the shows we think successfully turned it around, and our ultimate dealbreakers.

Find out what the entire Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays, and nab a couple of sweet gift ideas for you and your loved ones while you’re at it!

“I’m just imagining Alex on a rock wall and Rachel snuggling a cat or something.”

“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.