Results for: representation
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36 LGBTQ-Owned Businesses Selling LGBT T-Shirts To Support This Pride Season
Wanna spend your Pride cash on original t-shirts from lesbian and queer-owned businesses and LGBTQ+ stores? We’ve got a great list!
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Making An Independent Documentary About Queer Women Is Like Jumping Without A Net
I will never stop trying to tell our stories.
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Harper Steele, Bob the Drag Queen, and More Queer Celebs Tell Autostraddle Their Favorite Lesbian Movies
The Center in NYC held its annual dinner to recognize leaders in the LGBTQ community and present an award to Kesha. Autostraddle hit the red carpet to chat with some of the attendees!
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What Is a Girlypop Masc?
The term has gained momentum and popularity among masculine-presenting lesbians who feel seen by the term’s allowance for masculinity and femininity to coexist in their identity.
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The Drag Queens, Burlesque Lesbians, and Gay Cowboys Who Made a Queer Honky-Tonk From Scratch
This is BOOTS, a 360 live show and queer Western extravaganza that has taken Orlando by storm.
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20 Iconic Sapphic Pop Culture Moments of 2024
Lesbians and bisexuals sure got up to some things in 2024 — from Megan Thee Stallion’s strap to Kristen Stewart’s pantsless press tour to rugby’s lesbians to Tracy Chapman’s fingers, these were just some of the moments that defined sapphic pop culture in 2024.
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Which of Your Possessions Belongs in a Trans Museum?
Small grassroots LGBTQ+ museums, archives, and galleries are redefining what it means to preserve and display trans histories.
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The Comment Awards Are Back on the Apps
“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”
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Welcome Our New Senior Editor, Drew Burnett Gregory!
Goodbye exclusively gay moments — hello exclusively gay lifetime.
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Can Immigrant Mothers Heal With Their Queer Kids? These Desi Aunties Are Trying
Desi parents get a bad rap in America. Across TV and social media, immigrant aunties are typecast as judgmental or conservative, or else passive victims of circumstance, unable to navigate American society as fluently as their children.
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Texas’ DIY Parties Are Creating Spaces for Lesbians From Scratch
I wear a leather vest for a shirt, a black cowboy hat, and pearls for added flair. The party is in a discreet, always-changing location, available only by word-of-mouth invite.
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A Close Look at the Ridiculously Sweet Trans Whiskey Commercial
It definitely made all of us cry.
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Four Comedians On How Their Transness Has Informed and Influenced Their Careers
“I would much rather be funny than inspirational”
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Long Live (Heather’s Version)
This is my last week at Autostraddle. I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.
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The Comment Awards Are Still Chasing Amy After All These Years
“I am absolutely shocked that the main character’s name is Alyssa…who is Amy???”
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Eight LGBTQ+ Country Music Singers on Pride and Queering Country
Harlan Howard said “All you need to write a country song is three chords and the truth” — I’m pretty sure queer folks have a lot of truth to tell.
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I Simply Cannot Get Enough of the “That’s Why I’m Partnering with ___” Tweets
As a late-blooming queer, I know how good it feels to be recognized. That’s why this month I’m partnering with AI Facial Recognition Services,
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Revisiting “The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,” 45 Years Later
I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable stares. That mentality was replaced by the desire to build bridges.
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Four Femmes on the Celebrations and Expectations of Being A Trans Woman In Comedy
“Once I hit 37, I officially stopped giving a fuck about what anyone thought — outliving your life expectancy makes it real easy to not care.”
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Fall in Love With Dyke Queen Issue 3: Recipes from Queerantine!
“OMG, I love our cover. The image is titled “juicy fruit” and it’s by Naima Green,” said Yezmin Villarreal, creator of Dyke Queen.