Jennifer Love Hewitt’s latest Lifetime Christmas movie has a lesbian best friend who wears shoes on the bed.

“Po’Chop asks us to list adjectives we associate with masculinity. I think of men I want to emulate — Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, my dad. We pace and pose with these adjectives in mind, cheer each other on through acting out these poses. It’s the most I have thought about existing in my body in a long time, and the awkwardness starts to give way to appreciation, and even a bit of confidence.”

“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”

Bring on the literary GAYHEM.

Someone saw Stardew Valley and decided it wasn’t gay enough. That’s how we ended up with Fae Farm.

From complex portraits of everyday queers to Marvel witches to a collection of soap opera gays, here are some of our favorite queer TV characters of the year.

If everyone was defined by the worst things they’d ever done, then we’d never get a happy ending. And we deserve that, don’t we?

The one thing that kept me hooked was the rivalry between nonbinary contestant Tabitha Sloane — the one openly queer contestant on the show — and Lellies Santiago.

Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.

One of the things about not having spent significant time being single is that my friends have often been tangled up with partners.

“As someone who’s never actually been in a throuple, I do think that throuples could solve most problems on television.”

Advice for a 49-year-old who’s anxious that she may not be wanted in spaces and social circles where most people are younger than her.

Welcome to Uncommon Pairings, a new Autostraddle column about wine! Today, we’re learning how to taste.

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good lesbian books.

Whether leaving the U.S. or trying to get back, terrified or resigned, every queer person I spoke to in an international long distance relationship says they feel less at ease to travel.

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do so no longer.”

Halloween III stands as a prescient warning for what was coming as a result of the disastrous decisions of Ronald Reagan’s administration.

“I could start a Youtube channel or a blog about disability rights and monetize it. FUCK. I don’t know how to turn it off.”

Olive Garden said gay rights

OutWrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture perfectly exemplifies the reasons why it’s so imperative to look back at history with the willingness to be impacted by whatever we learn.