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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

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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…

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

Cruel Intentions kiss between Cecile and Kathryn

ISSUES

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

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 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

make out month

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What If The Girl You Made Out With On New Year’s Eve Becomes Your Wife?

“You tell everyone you see that night, including but not limited to all the friends you came with, another friend you run into, a stranger on the street, your dog…

Riese —

Jan 1, 2025

Horror Is So Gay

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Evil Mothers Everywhere

Our latest horror movies depict mothers spiraling when left alone.

Nico —

Oct 29, 2024

Horror Is So Gay

movie features

I Can’t Watch the ‘Saw’ Films

What I’m saying, I think, is that there are threats worse than death, and Saw reminds me of them.

Vera Blossom —

Oct 28, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

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An Essay About Poltergeist but Actually It’s About My Dead Mom

Compared to my parents’ volatile relationship, their divorce, and the financial instability that came after it, being scared of ghosts seemed like a waste of time.

Stef Rubino —

Oct 26, 2024

haunting of hill house

Horror Is So Gay

the lesbian wives in The Fall of the House of Usher

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Mike Flanagan Shows, Ranked by Queerness

I came out the same year as The Haunting of Hill House, and it was as if Mike Flanagan handed me a gift for realizing I love women.

motti —

Oct 25, 2024

Horror Is So Gay

movie features

Happy / Death / Day

Breaking the fourth wall does not count as dismantling anything.

Gyasi Hall —

Oct 24, 2024

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Horror Is So Gay

Drew Burnett Gregory in a sex scene in the short Chloe and Jame

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Want To See a Movie Where Buffalo Bill and Norman Bates Are in a T4T Situationship? Well, Do We Have Some News for You!

Drew Burnett Gregory writes, directs, and stars in a new horror short, and it’s available for you to stream!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 24, 2024

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AUTOSTRADDLE'S SCARIEST QUEER MOVIE MOMENTS

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Autostraddle’s 34 Scariest Queer Horror Movie Moments

Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya present the most skin-crawling, chilling, disquieting, grotesque, macabre queer and trans horror movie scenes of all time.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 23, 2024

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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

movie lists

Horror Is So Gay

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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make out month

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

FIRST PERSON

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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A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

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