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comedy

New Years Resolutions but It’s Just Cool Things Shane Did in ‘The L Word’

In 2025, I will have an affair with an older married woman.

motti

Dec 30, 2024

COMEDY

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

It’s December 21 AKA the day Carol and Therese went on a pretty bad date…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 21, 2024

HOLIGAYS scene from Yellowjackets where Shauna and Jeff have brunch with Jackie's parents

COMEDY

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

“I don’t mean to be rude, but a wolf literally just ripped off half my…

motti

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Dec 19, 2024

HOLIGAYS

Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

From a vintage nutcracker to the perfect lip mask to REALLY GOOD BEANS.

Laneia

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Dec 17, 2024

HOLIGAYS

“Gifts” for the Chaos Friend Who’s Always Getting Into Predicaments Big and Small

Embrace chaos, embrace inevitability, embrace the fact that being able to locate one’s own keys…

Nico

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Dec 16, 2024

comedy

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

It’s December 21 AKA the day Carol and Therese went on a pretty bad date at Carol’s house in New Jersey.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 21, 2024

comedy

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

“I don’t mean to be rude, but a wolf literally just ripped off half my friend’s face.”

motti —

Dec 19, 2024

holigays

Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

From a vintage nutcracker to the perfect lip mask to REALLY GOOD BEANS.

Laneia —

Dec 17, 2024

Untethered

first person

Untethered: I Have To Stop Getting Engayged or Married on Holidays

My ex and I mutually proposed to each other on Christmas last year.

Nico —

Nov 30, 2023

ranked by lesbianism

an anchovies ornament, a garlic ornament, a groundhog ornament, and an ornament with a photo of the author and her partner Kristen Arnett on it

comedy

My Christmas Ornaments, Ranked by Lesbianism

“Owls are the most lesbian bird of prey imo.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Nov 30, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

holiday gift guide

The following skincare stocking stuffers: Supergoop Mineral Matte Screen sunscreen, Kiehl's Ultra Facial Cream, Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence, and Augustinus Bader The Rich Cream

holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers for Skincare Enthusiasts

Featuring skincare gifts at three different price ranges!

ashni —

Nov 29, 2023

christmas movies

personality quiz

quizzes

Quiz: Write a Gay Romcom, I’ll Tell You Which Iconic Christmas Movie Is Your Destiny

What happens if we write the cheesy made-for-cable romcom of our dreams, and an iconic Christmas movie pops out instead?

Carmen Phillips —

Nov 26, 2023

#affiliatemarketing

holiday gift guide

a watch, a lamp with a snake base, a jar of Fly by Jing chili crisp, a lime green baggu bag, and a pink electric kettle

shopping

Autostraddle + For Them’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2023!

Here’s what the Autostraddle and For Them teams want as gifts this season!

the team —

Nov 24, 2023

Indigenous People's Day

THE COOPER UNION, NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - 2017/04/25: Hundreds turned out in the rain for a prayerful rally on April 25, 2017; at the historic Cooper Union to protest Citibanks annual shareholder meeting. The Indigenous-led, and ally supported event sent a strong message to Citibank and its shareholders: honor Indigenous rights, stop extractive energy investment now, and invest in a Just Transition, and renewable energy towards a climate-stable future, calling to Divest, Defund and Decolonize their investments.

politics + activism

Indigenous Resistance Movements From the 20th and 21st Centuries We Can Learn From

As the national and international conversations on colonialism, imperialism, and decolonization progress and spread, I think it’s important for us to continue reflecting on the big and small ways Indigenous…

Stef Rubino —

Nov 23, 2023

palestine

thanksgiving

The Virtue of Being Apolitical

Our dissent is a heavyweight. But empire cannot be built if we know that.

Aamina Inayat Khan —

Nov 23, 2023

thanksgiving

My Favorite Thanksgiving Tradition Happens the Night Before

My father hates Thanksgiving.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Nov 22, 2023

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10 Years Ago, I Had the Most Chaotic Valentine’s Day Plans Possible

Chicago, Winter 2015. I'm doing a cringe-worthy, cliche version of Living In Chicago In Your Early Twenties.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

valentine's day

Lesbian Movies for Every Valentine’s Day Vibe

Whether you’re single, recently dumped, in love, or somewhere in between, we’ve got Valentine’s Day lesbian movie recs for you!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 11, 2025

new year's eve

shane

New Years Resolutions but It’s Just Cool Things Shane Did in ‘The L Word’

In 2025, I will have an affair with an older married woman.

motti —

Dec 30, 2024

Why I Rewatch ‘The Family Stone’ Every Year

The Family Stone is many queer folks’ first introduction to warm, unconditional familial love.

motti —

Dec 24, 2024

carol

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

It’s December 21 AKA the day Carol and Therese went on a pretty bad date at Carol’s house in New Jersey.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 21, 2024

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comedy

New Years Resolutions but It’s Just Cool Things Shane Did in ‘The L Word’

COMEDY

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

COMEDY

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

HOLIGAYS

Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

HOLIGAYS

“Gifts” for the Chaos Friend Who’s Always Getting Into Predicaments Big and Small

comedy

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

comedy

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

holigays

Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

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