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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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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

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 houses and almost everyone has nosy neighbors.

Pallas Gutierrez —

Jan 30, 2025

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 lack of trying.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jan 16, 2025

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Chasing Amy

Birthdays are weird when you have a dead mom.

Kennedy Fields —

Mar 11, 2019

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the birthday issue

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Happy Birthday Autostraddle: 10th Birthday Cards and Love Notes from YOU

Not only did you send cards and love notes, you also sent us homemade vegan cookies, cash donations, and a fucking handmade seahorse enamel charm?!?!?!

Vanessa —

Mar 8, 2019

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Save Room for Autostraddle’s 10th Birthday Cake

Reneice is making us a cake! Then you can make the cake! We can all make the cake!

Reneice Charles —

Mar 8, 2019

the birthday issue

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38 and Closer to My Mother’s Suicide

We all sat in a big circle. We were asked to share. I told them that I’d recently moved back to Seattle, only a month ago, after having been gone…

Anastasia Selby —

Mar 1, 2019

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Mirrors

“I had dreamt about my new sister that very night. An almost spiritual connection. Perhaps my mother could have sensed, then, that I felt the same as her; that I…

Ankó —

Feb 27, 2019

Adventure Time

defiance

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How Not to Throw a Birthday Party, According to Lesbian TV’s Worst Parties

“Play to everyone’s culinary strengths, know your nemeses, and make sure all your guests are familiar with poison-free alternatives to food with poison in them.”

Heather Hogan —

Feb 26, 2019

Monday Roundtable

Roundtables

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Monday Roundtable: Our Worst Birthdays

It’s our party and we’ll cry if we want to — because these birthdays were terrible.

the team —

Feb 25, 2019

the birthday issue

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The ‘M’ Word

Every birthday after I admitted to myself that I am queer has been a celebration of that fact. A celebration that I listened to myself, that I am not currently…

Itenoria —

Feb 22, 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

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

Act Up

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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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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