Results for: representation
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AF+ Members: Pick the Winners of the Autostraddle March Madness First Four
La Brea’s Izzy vs. Bel-Air’s Ashley Banks! Dare Me’s Beth vs. Big Shot’s Mouse! Gen V’s Marie vs Jordan! Everything Sucks’ Emaline vs. Ginny & Georgia’s Max! Are you ready to tip off this year’s edition of Autostraddle March Madness?? LFG.
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Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing
A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.
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Out the Movies: I Tried To Watch Every Lesbian Movie Ever
By the time I’d been out for two years, I’d seen more movies about cis lesbians than any of the cis lesbians I was meeting.
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Out the Movies: Is Gay Sex a Radical Act?
Bruce LaBruce aims to rewrite a classic Pasolini film, but has queer sex lost its bite in this new context?
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I’m Afraid I Missed the Best Years of My Life
Your twenties weren’t carefree or slutty — are you too old to have fun now? Also, a reader’s unrequited high school crush is making them miserable.
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Apparently, Shame Tastes Like My Cunt
“The other partners I had throughout much of my time in sex work were uncomfortable at best and shaming at worst. They were jealous and confused. ‘How can you interact with men like this?'”
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Our Hottest Takes About 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and Film
Today you’re getting our entire team’s spiciest takes about 2022 LGBTQ+ TV and film, something I was only able to convince people to participate in because Nico said we could keep them safely tucked within A+.
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Days of Organizing, Nights of Bratting: A Femme Queer Spanks, Straps, Gets Toppy and Waxed
A writer reflects on accessing desire in trying times and the romance of collective liberation — playdates that range from toppy to bratty, a bottom with endearing nonverbal cues, a “hole-within-a-hole,” and a Zoom date with their girlfriend daddy.
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The AS Insider #108: Our Big Gay 15th Birthday
Sweet birthday baby! Today is Autostraddle’s 15th birthday, and we’re celebrating!!
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AS Insider #109 April ’24: All the ‘Rejected’ April Fool’s Day Headlines
“Straight Couples Who Aren’t Fucking Are Appropriating Lesbian Bed Death Culture”
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 100: January 2023
“what if autostraddle just became a mariah carey fansite”
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Into the A+ Advice Box #91: Why Do Your Dates Always Turn Into “Just Friends”?
How social media is a lie, how to dress for a Catholic wedding, and is that girl who’s currently in a relationship into you?
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 93: June 2022
“i just think patty melt IS a gender tbh”
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 98: November 2022
“no one gives you a free personal pan pizza when you do something you really, really don’t want to do! we live in a crumbling society”
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Chris Belcher Talked With the A+ Book Club About Academia, Memory and More!
“LOL yeah, I lusted for those spencers sex toys so bad”
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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 95: August 2022
(Bear training is also secretly for people who want to get wifed.)
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Into the A+ Advice Box #84: Cheating With a Guy While Having Gender Feelings
If a date doesn’t suggest a meetup, does that mean they’re not interested? Should you break up over differences in how you relate to sex and desire? What’re tips for coping with treatment resistant ADHD? And more!
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #42
“Thanks for listening to my lesbian soccer rant!”
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Into the A+ Advice Box #71: So You Keep Falling For Your Friends
Feeling bad because of TikTok, boundary setting during sex, what your porn preferences mean, and more!
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #44
“Ok someone had previously asked if Autostraddle was going to write a piece on How To Build a Sex Room and I did not realize it was a SHOW I just thought someone was requesting extremely specific DIY content?????”