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So what will Tiny call Simone?

The twisted protagonist’s mommy issues in Elle Nash’s ‘Deliver Me’ were far too relatable for comfort.

Advice for a 49-year-old who’s anxious that she may not be wanted in spaces and social circles where most people are younger than her.

“We moved across the country for her job while I was pregnant. Turns out she was really having an affair.”

Even though I often refer to him as my son, my wife is just as much of a parent to him as I am, and he considers her his mom.

Miranda July’s new feature, starring a magnificently weird Evan Rachel Wood, is a careful, long-game-playing meditation on how we can learn to parent ourselves when our own families refuse to do the job.

If I show you mine, would you show me yours?

Plus updates on episodes of This Is Us and The Good Fight that you’re not going to want to miss.

What is queerness if not Mommy Issues manifesting as a misplaced responsibility to save everyone around you?

The quality of light, the crispness of the air, the sweet, fallen apple smell of the earth — my mind feels lighter and clearer in this time of year.

“The moment I met my child for the first time was nothing like I imagined it would be.”

“I started looking at lists of what a baby “needs,” and, despite my supposed desire to raise my children with nothing more than a bearskin rug and my bare breasts, I started thinking maybe there were just a few things that might come in handy once the baby arrives…”

“I actually felt like the earth mother goddess I had envisioned becoming. I decided I wanted to be pregnant forever.”

We’re going meta and talking about what everyone’s talking about at commencement ceremonies.

This epic megapost is your glorious opportunity to meet more than 100 amazing black LGBT women who’ve made their mark over the last 150 years.

Rent-A-Butch and The Handy Dyke provide queer customers a safe and friendly option in a space dominated by straight cis men.

We love queer television because television brings us together, and nothing better defines that spirit than this little homegrown awards contest.

It’s Reading Rainbow time at Autostraddle! We talk about which of the Lambda Literary Awards nominees we’re most excited about reading. Spoiler alert: a lot of awesome out lesbians and bisexuals wrote fantastic looking books in 2009. Just FYI.

With millions of subscribers between them, these lesbian, bisexual and otherwise queer-identified YouTubers are taking over online video content with their channels, one view at a time! Read the list of the top 100 YouTube channels at Autostraddle.com!