“Sharing my stories with that audience never felt right — I always felt like I was explaining, never that I was just telling my truth.”

Our TV Team weighs in on what we loved and didn’t love in “The L Word: Generation Q”‘s first season!

Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna know all about.

AfterEllen is a part of a legacy of brilliant publications created by passionate lesbian, queer and bisexual women that unfortunately no longer exist, but were cool for a while.

“Just watched this, and my dog was SHOCKED when they snogged.”

On top of how hard it is to be transgender in a cissexist world, it’s also really hard to be a child. It can be hard to have two moms in a heterosexist world. It can be hard to have a transgender mom. Put that all together, and I’m just one giant ball of anxiety who is frequently at a loss for the perfect way to help my child navigate the world.

“It is a crystal clear, paint-by-the-numbers picture of chronic police hostility toward African-Americans. This is anti-blackness in America. Make no mistake.”

Our fundraiser perk super special You Need Help is here!

“Little A+ box, I just wanted you to know that today I did my part in helping to burn the patriarchy to the ground.”

“I just started working on a piece that’s a mash up of Neil Degrasse Tyson and Nicki Minaj.”

How to stand up to straight people wedding expectations, deal with disappointment around a potential sperm donor, decide whether or not to cut off given family, know whether you should ask your ex-boss out, and more!

We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.

Remember Tila Tequila?

Behold! Our seasonal list of every single TV show — new and returning — featuring a queer or trans woman character!

There are no right or wrong answers in queer and trans parenting choices, just the decisions we make.

A roundtable with disabled advocates, leaders, and protesters on how they came to activism, building an inclusive movement, and resources you should know about.

I started the 31st week of my pregnancy crying over the kitchen sink as I crammed my gestational diabetes breakfast into my mouth. It wasn’t the pregnancy hormones this time. It was the overwhelming grief and the sudden realization of what it means to be a parent.

“I DID get hit on by a man at a lesbian bar on Saturday night. It made me feel very free and also like a pastry.”

You! Yes, you! Get in here and let us love you!

Autostraddle’s television writers on their favorite lezalicious, bisexual, queer and trans* ladies on the 2013 teevee!