Autostraddle Managing Editor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya’s debut book — Helen House, a queer horror novelette — comes out October 18.

On day two we read our feelings out loud, stripped and spelled, tied each other up, got crazy/beautiful and cheered for our lives!

This movie has everything: a girl in a beanie who makes pizza pockets for a diner, a meddling friend who wears loud sweaters and makes scissoring gestures, a famous actress from a car commercial getting a key to the city, and so much more

Body positivity, respect for pronouns, gender-neutral restrooms, a sense of community, and more: that’s what you’ll find at these gyms.

Nikki Giovanni so loves Black women that she never waivers that our strength can only be matched by the stars themselves.

Beef grapples with a lot of the same themes of sex, power, wealth, perception, and deception as the popular series White Lotus but does so with a lot more nuance — especially in its explorations of race — and a lot more creative ambition.

“My wife and son didn’t know; no one knew. The guilt crept up when I unloaded the groceries in the kitchen, stolen and paid-for alike.”

The prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree confirms that Samantha Shannon’s Roots of Chaos series is to queer nerds what The Lord of the Rings is to straight nerds.

Plus updates on 9-1-1, Good Trouble, A Million Little Things, Station 19, Survivor, The Power, and Grey’s Anatomy!

I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.

She was the straight, white, Christian girl who was so picture perfect no one could dislike her.

I was never much of a ring-wearer until I came out.

The history of lesbian weddings on TV: parents refusing to attend, wild ’90s hats, untimely deaths, a weed brownie rave on the Eiffel Tower, an impromptu prison wedding, the union of two solo gems and so much more.

And updates on: Harlem! Truth Be Told! How I Met Your Father! Fantasy Island! The Watchful Eye! And more!

Essays about turning 30 are almost as annoying as essays about moving to or from New York.

It’s more than a soft launch coming out in a magazine profile. Any day that another queer polyam Latina is walking around among us is a bit brighter than the day before.

I’m not a doctor or a scientist. What I am is a trans man whose own transition experiences have made me curious about how it all works.

What’s on the horizon for queer books in March, April, and May? New work from Judith Butler, K-Ming Chang, Emma Copley Eisenberg, and so much more.

It turns out…there aren’t that many? Where is the 200 Cigarettes-style Pride comedy we deserve?!

If you have family you don’t want to associate with anymore, whatever your reasoning, this guide is for you.