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For Cammie Woodman, Tennis and Transition Go Hand-in-Hand

A year after transition, Cammie Woodman watched Serena Williams play tennis. It changed everything.

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On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

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13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player!…

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Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but…

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On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

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Jul 23, 2025

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

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13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player! Here are eleven couples still going strong and being tall.

Riese —

Jul 20, 2025

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Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

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HBO Max’s British Dramedy “Pure” Is the First Time I’ve Seen My OCD On-Screen

By pairing a visceral portrayal with thorough descriptions of OCD, “Pure” becomes a teaching tool as well as a delightful dramedy. It’s also just a really good and gay story…

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“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 506: Lights! Camera! Action! With Lauren Ashley Smith

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“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 506: Lights! Camera! Action! With Lauren Ashley Smith

“I feel like I’m very much a stickler for how Black church is shown on TV, and I think a lot of people get it wrong in movies and TV…

Riese —

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9 Upcoming Quarantine-Centric Romantic Comedies

Jamie is a gorgeous, successful architect. Dana is an event planner who once fell down a flight of stairs. They couldn’t be less alike!

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Sep 14, 2020

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Sunday Funday Will Not Be Throwing a Gender Reveal for Miss Major’s Baby!

Happy Sunday! Miss Major and Beck are having a baby, Lena Waithe has a cute LA office, queer women are finding their place in ballet, a recipe for strawberry and…

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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Differentiating Boundaries and Walls

The key difference between boundaries and walls, whether masturbation is good for you when you’re sick, what science has to say about porn this week, and more.

Ryan Yates —

Sep 13, 2020

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The Dyke Kitchen: The Art Of Salad

I know salad is known to many people as a kind of ascetic diet food, but I grew up eating luxurious salads that my mom made. What I love about…

Kamala Puligandla —

Sep 12, 2020

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Baopu #77: Internal Soundtrack

Finding the soundtracks that have been there all along, making room for new sounds.

Yao Xiao —

Sep 12, 2020

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Extra! Extra!: How Much Does Yet Another Trump Reveal Actually Reveal?

This week’s Extra! Extra! Offers more reflections on police brutality and delves into some damning news coming out of Trumpland. We also look at some LGBTQ+ news from around the…

the team —

Sep 11, 2020

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Happy International Kissing Day! Celebrate by revisiting the best lesbian movie make outs of all time!

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65 Gay Pop Icons and Rising Stars

Gay pop is a dynamic, enormous genre of music that has defined our community’s parties and culture for years. Here are just some of our favorite, most iconic, and exciting…

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Every Lesbian Movie That Played at the Cannes Film Festival Ranked

The 78th Cannes Film Festival begins today, so we’re looking back at (and ranking) the 35 lesbian films that have played in competition throughout the festival’s history.

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The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema

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Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend! Plus, more buried and unburied gays on TV, Doechii announces upcoming tour, Jinkx…

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