A proposed New York prison book ban, asexuality in fiction, working from home, paper planners, spine-in books and more.

TCA wraps up this week but we’ve already picked the show we’re most excited about: Starz’s”Vida” has a Queer Latina showrunner, a writers room that’s 100% Latinx and 50% queer, an all-POC mostly-female directing team, and so many queer and gender non-conforming characters!

The EqualiTeam is here to save the day, Fiona’s first Christmas, Bangladeshi hijra candidate Nadira Begum in it to win it, Laura Dern and LGBTQ star wars representation, queer teens saving 2017, Arizona continues to be shockingly cool, long queer lady nails a-ok, and more!

What lesbian sex hair looks like, trans women keep getting banned on Tinder, stop worrying that she’ll text you back, what it feels like to get your nipples pierced and more.

Topics include Keko coming out, Australian model Fiona Falkiner coming out, Hayley Kiyoko being visible and great, Christine Vachon, a set visit to The Runaways, everything mentioned in the headline, and also there has to be a queer character in 911 right?

An insider interview with the Tegan and Sara Foundation lead, working a CON X Show and generally loving everything these twins do.

Love queer speculative fiction but don’t have the time or energy to read novels or series? Then these eight collections and anthologies of queer speculative short fiction are for you!

“Sometimes I forget that straight people watch TV, too.”

It’s LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, a topic which is near and dear to our hearts because it is definitely NOT near OR dear to the hearts of anybody in charge of public education.

Bergdorf was recently fired by L’Oreal over a Facebook post about white supremacy.

How do we want to be seen in our daily lives? How much control do we really have over it? How do we make ourselves visible in a world that often chooses not to see us clearly, and what risks and complications come with it? There’s no one answer, which is why we had all these Autostraddle staffers who identify somewhere under the bisexual umbrella talk about it for you!

This year dapperQ took over the Brooklyn Museum with hundreds of queers to host the largest representation of LGBTQ designers and celebration of our bodies at New York Fashion Week.

Being bi is Gen’s favorite thing about herself. It’s as freeing for her as it’s become for me.

Has anyone heard of that show The Bold Type?

“These stupid white dudes fighting (with Whitney Houston playing in the background!!) while this black woman waits for them to tire themselves out so she can fix their problems. As ridiculous as it is, it’s my absolute favorite scene of the entire first season…and a fitting metaphor for the moment our country is in.”

I followed Kristin and Jenny at FlameCon, New York City’s gay comic con, as they spread their love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the LGBTQ community to everyone they met.

Yes, we’ll be talking about “Love Island”.

What makes friends with benefits actually work, drawing sex, responsive sex, don’t get married, and more.

This book is just straighforwardly gay. Like, capital G Gay. If you were looking for nuance or subtext, this comic is not for you. Literally the first 21 pages are just Korra and Asami being gay and talking about their relationship. Nothing else happens.

Taiwan’s ruling made me curious about how the news was being received by LGBTQ people across Asia. Did they too face cultural and institutional oppression against their gender and sexuality, or were their countries more accepting? Would the ruling have any impact on their livelihoods? Is Taiwan an inspiration for their leaders to consider marriage equality or LGBTQ rights overall, or will it not matter as much? I set out to find out by reaching out to LGBTQ activists in 42 Asian countries.