Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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My Old Elementary School Is a Toxic Waste Site and Other Environmental Nightmares
“Environmental problems are hitting Black neighborhoods particularly hard, but going unresolved because Black lives are deemed less valuable than others. A lot of us are being left in the dark about harm being done to our environment.”
Desiree Akhavan on Sex Scenes, Spectatorship, and Shooting ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’: The Autostraddle Interview
Behind every great indie film is a great woman. Or, as “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” shows, an entourage of them. Autostraddle spoke with director Desiree Akhavan about making the film that won the Sundance 2018 Grand Jury Prize for Drama and got gay teens in Montana on screen.
The Good China
“We rarely left the bedroom and when we did, we quickly returned. We called in to work and on one occasion we both no showed. It was heavenly, but as the old adage says all good things must come to an end.”
Raising Baby T-Rex: My Mom Says We’re Exactly The Same
I wasn’t at all ready for the feelings I’d have about being adopted and queer and raising a toddler who still isn’t as old as I was when I came to the United States on an airplane.
Black History Month Roundtable: What Does Queering Black History Mean To You?
“For me, queering Black History Month is about making sure that future generations don’t feel the same pressure to choose between their blackness and their sexuality that I once did. It’s about leaving space to be all of yourself, at once.”
The 100 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time
Yup, we found 120 films for lesbian, bisexual and queer women that are good enough for one of our most epic lists of all time.
I Hated Country Music Until I Met Lena
“Who was this country-music-loving New Englander? I both hated and loved that she seemed to be playing this garbage as if to impress me.”
In 2017, Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters Did Pretty OK, and That’s a Pretty Big Deal
2017 somehow turned out to be the best year ever for lesbian and bisexual women on television — but we’ve still got a ways to go.
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher are Building a New World: The Autostraddle Interview
Heather Hogan chatted with Cameron and Rhea about touring as a married couple, their #1 selling comedy album, and what’s next in their plan for global domination.
“You Should Stay Inside”: Environmental Racism and Marginalized Health in Our Gayborhoods
How the atmosphere is changing, literally and figuratively, in dangerous ways in Seattle’s historically LGBTQ Capitol Hill neighborhood.
The Mammalian Dive Reflex
I changed. But it was a gradual process, in the way a forest becomes stone. Petrified forest of a body.
Celebrate the First Annual “It’s Great To Be Gay” Day, a Holiday We Just Invented for Fun!
“I love being gay because I get to call these brilliant and vibrant queers my friends and family.”
How Queer and Trans Women Are Healing Each Other After Hurricane Harvey
“Her first step into her first floor apartment was into a puddle of water. Everything was wet: furniture, photos, poems, journals, her shoes. The water lines on her walls marked the flood waters at a foot and a half.”
Showstopper
He pressed further, asking if I was an actress. I said something along the lines of “I hope so.” He suggested that I meet his brother as well – his producing partner. I remember him suggesting some place quieter, more private.
“We Have Babies, Run!”: A Lesbian Couple on Escaping the Las Vegas Shooting
“I was in the military for four years, military police, and I never once experienced something like that.”
Paving the Way for Gay Rights in Kenya: One Nonprofit’s Story
“Led by youth, a steadfast belief in legal justice, and their right to exist fully and wholly in a country whose mainstream rhetoric remains staunchly anti-gay, NGLHRC refuses to shy away from its mission: to promote and protect the equality and inclusion of LGBTIQ individuals and communities in Kenya.”
I Made All My Friends Reenact The Planet From “The L Word” for a Week and Now Everyone Hates Me
I needed to know how they did it. I needed to see if the “way that we live,” was a way that I could live.
The Bisexual Character in My YA Novel Isn’t “Perfect” — Which Is Perfect
Being bi is Gen’s favorite thing about herself. It’s as freeing for her as it’s become for me.
The Earth Is Not Doomed: A Weekend With Kristin Russo and Jenny Owen Youngs
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.