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‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

Feeling bad about masturbation is a remarkably normal thing, especially for people who were immersed (drowned) in shame from the…

Summer Tao

Aug 5, 2025

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

BOOK LISTS

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 5, 2025

POP CULTURE FIX

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…

Valerie Anne

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Aug 4, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of…

Riese

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Aug 4, 2025

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 5, 2025

pop culture fix

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…

Valerie Anne —

Aug 4, 2025

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

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Asian American

netflix

movie features

Six Queer Asian Artists on “The Half of It” and the Future of Queer Asian Cinema

Alice Wu’s “The Half of It” has been for out less than a week, and it’s already become a classic. We brought together some of Autostraddle’s queer and trans Asian…

The Speakeasy —

May 6, 2020

Legends of Tomorrow – Lesbian & Queer Storylines

Legends of Tomorrow recap

tv show recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 511 Recap: See Spot Kill

Sara wakes up from her coma to find she can only see the future, and it involves a murder mystery.

Valerie Anne —

May 6, 2020

covid-19

sex work

politics + activism

COVID-19 Is Laying Bare the Vulnerabilities of Sex Workers, So Often Canaries in the Coalmine

Centering sex workers, and the hard won lessons that come with being a part of this community, are perhaps the most important steps we can take in an effort both…

Janis Luna —

May 6, 2020

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: The “Pretty Little Liars” Moms Are Getting Drunk and Starting a Rewatch Podcast

Beanie Feldstein becomes a leading lady, Mrs. America’s hair designer explains those wigs, Portrait of a Lady on Fire meets Animal Crossing (again!), Lady Gaga is going ahead with Chromatica,…

Heather Hogan —

May 6, 2020

ashley benson

cara delevingne

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson Reportedly Split in Quarantine, Love Remains a Lie

But who gets custody of the rescue puppies and the sex bench?!?!?

Stef —

May 6, 2020

foolish child

Saturday Morning Cartoons

webcomics

Foolish Child #71: “We’re in this Together!”

Coronavirus commercials are getting more and more aggressive.

Dickens —

May 6, 2020

batwoman

tv reviews

“Batwoman” Understands Everyone Is Gay in Gotham City

I can’t believe these heroes and villains have brought all their lesbian drama to bear on the resolution of the biggest arc of the season; I’ve been waiting to see…

Heather Hogan —

May 6, 2020

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