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The Best Lesbian Movie Make Outs of All Time

The best lesbian movie make outs are more than just a kiss.

Drew Burnett Gregory

Mar 3, 2025

MOVIE LISTS

Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

Autostraddle’s King Dykes are back to tell you where The Monkey ranks among 49 other…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 21, 2025

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FIRST PERSON

A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have…

Pallas Gutierrez

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Jan 30, 2025

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My First Makeout Was Reenacting the Kissing Scene From ‘Cruel Intentions’

At 17, my lack of kissing was a sensitive subject for me. It wasn’t for…

Sa’iyda Shabazz

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Jan 16, 2025

LGBT HISTORY

Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins

For nearly 50 years, queer activists kissed each other as a form of protest.

Stef Rubino

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Jan 13, 2025

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Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

Autostraddle’s King Dykes are back to tell you where The Monkey ranks among 49 other Stephen King adaptations.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 21, 2025

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A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have houses and almost everyone has nosy neighbors.

Pallas Gutierrez —

Jan 30, 2025

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My First Makeout Was Reenacting the Kissing Scene From ‘Cruel Intentions’

At 17, my lack of kissing was a sensitive subject for me. It wasn’t for lack of trying.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jan 16, 2025

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Rolling My Way Through Europe

The entire time I was waiting for Tanja I was trying not to panic, but couldn’t help thinking: If we can’t find this screw, then how will I make it…

Sara —

Sep 18, 2019

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Finding My Innate Rage, Inner Peace and Worship in Osun

Somewhere at the back of my mind, I’d convinced myself that attempting to pull my slightly overweight and totally out of shape ass across the seven levels that made up…

Itenoria —

Sep 17, 2019

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Salvadorans Under The Moonlight

I didn’t expect us to create a Blood Moon Healing Circle Ceremony. It wasn’t on the emailed itinerary. Why did we even feel the need to create it? Two words:…

María José —

Sep 16, 2019

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Cracked Apart

In the middle of a winter night in 1973, while the residents of a small island fishing town in Iceland slept peacefully in their beds, a crack opened up in…

Chandra —

Sep 11, 2019

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Please Don’t Touch: A Trans Lesbian Does India

In the span of a few hours, in two different Indian airports I experienced a spectrum of responses to my gay trans self that would serve as a microcosm of…

d.r. baker —

Sep 9, 2019

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The Bus to Bantayan

There’s nothing like a beach date to the Northernmost tip of your home island of Cebu, Philippines to make you ponder the meaning of love and life, as part of…

Cara Cecilia F —

Sep 5, 2019

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Lady Madonna: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kitsch

Being in places that took pride in their weirdness made it feel natural to take pride in my own.

Sam Wall —

Sep 4, 2019

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When I Was 16 I Won a Drag Show in Florence

I spent my adolescence trying to be a boy. I wasn’t very good at it, but I tried really, really hard. I didn’t wear bright colors, I didn’t listen to…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 3, 2019

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The Best Lesbian Movie Make Outs of All Time

The best lesbian movie make outs are more than just a kiss.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

Autostraddle’s King Dykes are back to tell you where The Monkey ranks among 49 other Stephen King adaptations.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 21, 2025

make out month

A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have houses and almost everyone has nosy neighbors.

Pallas Gutierrez —

Jan 30, 2025

make out month

My First Makeout Was Reenacting the Kissing Scene From ‘Cruel Intentions’

At 17, my lack of kissing was a sensitive subject for me. It wasn’t for lack of trying.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jan 16, 2025

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Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins

For nearly 50 years, queer activists kissed each other as a form of protest.

Stef Rubino —

Jan 13, 2025

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The Best Lesbian Movie Make Outs of All Time

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Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

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A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

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My First Makeout Was Reenacting the Kissing Scene From ‘Cruel Intentions’

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Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins

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Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

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