It wasn’t just a concert, but a gift for their younger self — wrapped in a melodic embodiment of empathy and present-day wiseness.

Someone recently found Autostraddle by Googling “movies to make her break up with him” and, friends, it really touched my heart! Because we’ve all been there!

At Crow headquarters, Sophie is doing that thing you do when you have a crush on someone and you can’t stop thinking about them so you stare at their photo and compare it with a masked vigilante’s and wonder how you never realized they had a secret identity and somehow that makes you love them more.

What finally swung it for me was at the end of a recent episode when, out of nowhere, Dolly Parton appeared.

Plus updates on Nancy Drew and Legacies!

“Stories about huge families full of love, whether nuclear or chosen or just-for-school, were the comfort food of my childhood, and I’m trying to find something similar for my queer adulthood. Is there such a thing?”

It’s Sunday Funday, and Jane Lynch is doing no wrong like it’s going out of style. What else is new? Well actually Angelina has a new tattoo, Staceyann Chin has a new one-woman show, and Angel from RENT might have some really good news in the form of a possible HIV vaccine in the forseeable future.

Pauli Murray was unspeakably brilliant, and their warmth is best captured on their own terms. With over 141 boxes of writings, 800 photographs, and dozens of tapes — the documentary “My Name Is Pauli Murray” shines brightest when it lets Murray take the reigns.

It’s time for fun with charts and graphs about all the things we did in 2020, from our top-selling t-shirts to our annual expenses and income!

The only thing less believable is how well behaved all these cats are around coffee mugs and pastries.

“It’s funny that I’ve seen a hundred queer couples on TV at this point, and it was finally these two teenage dorks who really reflected my own reality back to me for maybe the first time.”

There’s a reason forbidden romances like this spoke to me as a closeted person!

Be proud of your comment! This is a cheesy theme for comment awards! Are you even reading this excerpt right now?

I hope those of you who celebrate had a relatively joyous Rosh Hashanah. And now please join me in the High Holy Day of revisiting a Jewish queer woman classic.

This episode is Way Haught from beginning to end, though things aren’t all quite what they seem.

Laneia reviews Ultimate Lesbian Erotica (2005), Velvetpark interrupts Autostraddle’s breakfast for sextalk, Lady Gaga brings fetish into the mainstream, female viagra fails, musings on non-monogamy, Lesbian Cowgirl Erotica, Jiz Lee strips for a cause, braving the Stop Porn culture Conference and moar! Also; the hipster grifter. Mhm.

Plus updates on The Bold Type, Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, S.W.A.T. and All American!

I just don’t think we’re in a place yet, culturally, where there’s enough positive representation out there to start killing off evil lesbians.

The 2010s was an incredibly gay decade in music. Queer and trans musicians gained more visibility and success than ever before over the last 10 years! Here are the best 50 albums of the decade, according to me.

Also, Aisha Hinds is going to break your heart on 911. Plus updates on HTGAWM, Legacies, S.W.A.T., and the finale of American Horror Story: 1984.