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Our Time to Shyne: WeHo’s First Woman of Color Councilwoman, Sepi Shyne, as Interviewed by Her Wife

Sepi Shyne is the first out LGBTQ+ Iranian-American elected anywhere in the world, the first woman of color ever elected to the City Council and cements the first female majority in West Hollywood history; her wife asked her the hard-hitting questions about her race and plans for the future.

By Ashlei Shyne| November 12, 2020 | 5 Comments
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I Couldn’t Find the BIPOC Queer Comedy Series I Wanted, So I Made It Myself

Donzell and I had so much fun shooting this sketch that I turned to him and said, “I want to write a series of bizarre and inappropriate situations that our characters are faced with and have to overcome.” I created #TMI: A series that’s like the beautiful queer love child of a throuple including Noah’s Arc, Insecure and Sex in the City.

By Ashlei Shyne| September 18, 2020 | 2 Comments

Meet the Queer and Trans Women Taking Over Professional Wrestling

As a child, I loved watching wrestling. As I got older, however, the sport began to change, and the storylines became isolating. Fortunately, both fans and other wrestlers alike have made it clear that wrestling is no longer a business where bigotry is going to be tolerated.

By BJ Colangelo| January 27, 2020 | 8 Comments

Tara Chambler’s Death on “The Walking Dead” Is More Than Just Another Buried Gay

“Tara Chambler wasn’t just the first openly LGBTQ character on The Walking Dead; she was the first gay woman I had ever seen in any form of zombie horror in my life.”

By Jessica Vazquez| April 4, 2019 | 23 Comments

A Kind of Decolonization I Can Feel at the Back of My Pussy

On internal colonization, South Asian shame and representation of happy brown queers on film.

By Aisha Mirza| February 12, 2019 | 11 Comments

“How to Get Away With Murder” Destroys Eve and Annalise and Also Our Hearts

Days later, I remain astounded by these writing choices and their cruelty.

By Natalie| January 28, 2019 | 16 Comments

Final Girl-on-Girl: Toward a Semi-Unified Theory of Lesbian Horror Movies

We’re all used to watching movies and rooting for the lesbians to live — lesbian horror movies make the gamble that everyone else in the audience will, too.

By Rachel| October 31, 2018 | 6 Comments

LGBTQ Characters Are Thriving on TV While the World Burns, GLAAD Report Finds

GLAAD shows LGBTQ+ characters are at record highs across broadcast, streaming and cable, and for the first time ever, there are more QPOC than white LGBTQ+ characters on broadcast!

By Riese| October 25, 2018 | 12 Comments

Maya Rudolph’s “Forever” Is Finally Here, Quietly Queer

What I’m trying to say is: Forever is like if Portlandia had a baby with San Junipero and it grew up watching only Spike Jonze and Richard Linklater films.

By Heather Hogan| October 4, 2018 | 11 Comments

The Gay Love Stories of Moomin and the Queer Radicality of Tove Jansson

For too long, Tove Jansson’s lesbianism has been ignored or written out of history. But scratch the surface, and the true impact of her queerness on her work becomes apparent.

By Hannah Williams| October 3, 2018 | 20 Comments

Come on, Grab Your Friends and Relive Adventure Time’s 14 Queerest Episodes

Before we bid Ooo adieu, let’s look back and celebrate Princess Bubblegum and Marceline’s journey from subtext to maintext to happily ever after.

By Heather Hogan| August 23, 2018 | 11 Comments

Stunning Gay Kenyan Film “Rafiki” Will Premiere at Cannes — While Banned for Distribution in Kenya

“Rafiki” is an inconvenient love story for a country that wants to bury its queer history; present and past. But as history has proven so often, only one side of this story will be remembered: that of the victors.

By Kari| May 1, 2018 | 6 Comments

“Blockers” Is Shockingly Sex-Positive, Feminist and Gay

Who’d have guessed?

By Mey| April 12, 2018 | 20 Comments

Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Sweet 16

It doesn’t get any easier in the Sweet 16.

By Natalie| March 29, 2018 | 43 Comments

Autostraddle March Madness — Best First Kiss: Round 2

We started with 64 couples, now we’re down to 32. Did your picks make the cut? Does your fave have what it takes to make it to the Sweet 16? It’s survive and advance, people! Survive and advance!

By Natalie| March 27, 2018 | 33 Comments

“Butterfly Soup” and “GENDERWRECKED” Are the Queer Indie Games You’re Looking For

These days, I constantly crave queer ass stories about queer ass characters. Luckily for us all, there are some incredible indie game creators who are here to give the people what we want: gays!

By Jenna| March 15, 2018 | 9 Comments

Also.Also.Also: Gorgeous Queer Black Love in Jussie Smollett’s “Freedom” Video and Other Stories You Need

Anti-goth makeovers are the patriarchy, exercise your face I guess, America’s women farmers, you can’t sleep, Julien Baker, 90 year-old lesbian fights back, and more! Something like 50 links in here so grab a snack!

By Laneia| January 11, 2018 | 6 Comments

Black Queer Teenage Detective Comic “Goldie Vance” Is Gonna Be a Movie!

Kerry Washington will produce, and Rashida Jones will adapt and direct this into a franchise of movies.

By Mey| December 5, 2017 | 5 Comments

Tessa and Mariah Are Breaking Ground and Mending Hearts on “The Young and The Restless”

It is not a small thing for Y&R to cast Mariah’s love for Tessa in the same mold as one of the show’s great supercouples, Nick and Sharon. It’s a normalizing force for a conservative audience that might not view a same-sex story that way.

By Natalie| November 23, 2017 | 13 Comments

How YA Novels Unexpectedly Enabled My Own Bisexual Revelation

I wonder why the story of a bisexual teenage boy is the one that allowed me to explicitly consider my identity as a bisexual adult woman for the first time.

By Jackie Hedeman| November 22, 2017 | 26 Comments

Holigay Gift Guide: Queer Comic Book Movies and the Queer Comic Book Ladies In Them

We’ve seen a lot of canonically queer women in comic book movies lately; here’s the gift guide for those who are thrilled about that development.

By Mey| November 21, 2017 | 2 Comments
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