Inspired by their vulnerability and the powerful throwback energy of high-school-age Sara and Tegan, we’ve cracked open our own high school diaries to show you our deepest, darkest, gayest secrets and send a little love and perspective back through time on who we’ve been. 

Also: Gillian Anderson falls in love with her characters, more on Brandi Carlile and The Highwomen, Kristen Stewart blesses Robert Pattinson’s Batman, Evan Rachel Wood meets a basically human robot IRL, the joy of ’90s erotic thrillers, and more!

The one with the Anne of Green Gables fanfic in it.

I once described a particularly elaborate session I’d had to a friend, and she seemed shocked and impressed. “You like, really love yourself, huh?” I do. I really do. And you can too!

Today, it was announced that four more souls have donated their lives to the cause of “The L Word: Generation Q”: bi actress Olivia Thirlby, Lex Scott Davis, lesbian comic Fortune Feimster and trans actress Sophie Giannamore.

Shania Twain, Lizzo, and Janelle Monáe walk into a bar… plus Lena Waithe on upcycling ex-girlfriends, Dine Pride, Mal Blum, legal name changes and more! Happy Sunday!!!

Are you a regular adult human queer person, or have you been the fictional tomboy heroine of a beloved fantasy series this whole time? Only one way to find out.

Writer/actress Stephanie Allynne and actor Brian Michael are the latest humans cast in “The L Word: Generation Q.”

Booksmart honors, skewers, and completely transcends every genre it’s a part of.

In this trying episode, Ava and Sara try to keep Gary’s wishing at bay, Nora tries to save Mona, and Charlie and Zari try to stop Neron.

A letter to the editor can be an effective tactic to get the word out about an issue, show support for a bill, speak up about something in your community, or to get free publicity for your activist work!

A selection of emotionally devastating songs I live in fear of having to emotionally process in public without warning at CVS.

It’s a family reunion in National City as Lena is forced to work with her brother, and Alex meets the beautiful and hilarious Kelly Olsen. Oh, also, LENA WEARS A SUIT.

“everywhere i went i was protected. i was never in the dark. i was alone but i was never really alone because autostraddle was there.”

Cheryl Blossom really encapsulates that “Game Of Thrones But Make It Teen Drama” essence that represents Riverdale at its finest.

There’s been even more talk of cats than usual on the queer internet lately, due to Oatmeal the cat in Russian Doll and Chewie the cat in Captain Marvel. Let’s keep that momentum going!

The Good Fight returns for a third season on March 14. Here’s why you should catch up on the first two seasons on CBS All Access.

If the ferns in my garden have survived the last few thousand years, then they have witnessed genocide and forced removal, tornadoes, the filling in of wetlands. Our acts of maintenance are political decisions. What we narrate and what we nourish set up the futures we are willing to fight for.

Sometimes you need to take your cute superhero girlfriend out for a movie and stroll through the park. And then sometimes, you have to leave her.

Nia finally gets a place on Team Super and Alex’s hair somehow gets gayer?